Tag Archives: disabled people
Project offers new bridge between chronic illness community & disability movement
Disability News service blog post by John Pring,2018: Project offers new bridge between chronic illness community and disability movement A disabled researcher has suggested a way to bring the hundreds of thousands of people with chronic illness under the umbrella … Continue reading
Petition to force action on the UNCRPD report citing violations of disabled rights
UK Government & Parliament Petition: Force the government to act on the eleven recommendations of the UNCRPD report As a result of being investigated by a United Nations committee for not fulfilling the terms of the UNCRPD, the government have … Continue reading
PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits
Disability news service blog post by John Pring, October 6, 2016: Tory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will soon be spared reassessments for out-of-work benefits … Continue reading
WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 10 August 2016: WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people ESA work capability assessment (WCA) tests are “significantly biased” against claimants in poor areas of the country, according to new research. The Guardian today … Continue reading
See around Britain: phone app to help disabled people & visitors plan trips
BBC Wales news story: See Around Britain app to help disabled people plan trips, 1 August 2016 A phone app to help disabled people and visitors plan trips will be launched in Cardiff on Monday. See Around Britain includes more … Continue reading
Disabled people to lose £68 a week in housing benefit
National housing Federation press release, 26 January: Older people, disabled people and most vulnerable to lose £68 a week in housing benefit Planned changes to housing benefit could leave vast numbers of the country’s most vulnerable people unable to afford … Continue reading
Report published on extra costs for disabled people
The Extra Costs Commission has published its final report, having spent the last year exploring the extra costs faced by disabled people and their families. The Commission has considered evidence about the problem of extra costs and identified solutions for driving … Continue reading
Leadership training for disabled people begins 23 March Carmarthen
Enabling Wales Training Programme 2015 for disabled young people and adults At: Hafan Cymru, Stephens Way, Pensarn, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 2BG Join Disability Wales at a unique Project that will provide an innovative development and training programme consisting of six training … Continue reading
Leadership training for disabled people begins 3 March Bridgend
Enabling Wales Training Programme 2015 for disabled young people and adults At Heronston Hotel & Spa, Ewenny Road, Bridgend, CF35 5AW Join Disability Wales at a unique Project that will provide an innovative development and training programme consisting of six training … Continue reading
What are the main issues facing disabled people in the UK today?
A report has been published describing the progress being made to put the rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Disability Convention) into practice in the UK. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) … Continue reading
