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Report: Energy impairment and disability inclusion: towards an advocacy movement for energy limiting chronic illness
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: towards an advocacy movement for energy limiting chronic illness, by Catherine Hale, Stef Benstead, Jenny Lyus, Evan Odell and Anna Ruddock. Centre for Welfare reform: April 2020 DRILL Blog post: Energy impairment and disability inclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Ruddock, Catherine Hale, Chronic illness, Chronic Illness Inclusion Project, Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning, disabled, discrimination, DRILL, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, energy impairment, Evan Odell, FM, invisible illness, Jenny Lyus, Multiple Sclerosis, social model, Stef Benstead
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‘Inconsistent’ services for disabled taxi passengers
BBC news article, 4 April 2017: Inconsistent’ services for disabled taxi passengers Taxi services for disabled people are “mixed” and “inconsistent”, according to an advisor to the Welsh Local Government Association. John Forsey said consistent disability training should be offered … Continue reading
Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws
Disability news service blog post, by John Pring on August 18, 2016: Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to ensure that buses … Continue reading
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Tagged bus travel, Disability news service, disabled, Doug Paulley, Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations
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Airport experiences of disabled passengers
Independent Living blog post, 2 Aug 2016: Airport experiences of disabled passengers Study headed by Kay Allen, OBE recommends more collaboration between airlines, airports and service providers A new report based on the experiences of 543 passengers has recommended more … Continue reading
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Tagged airport assistance, disabled, independent living
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DRUK wants to interview disabled self-employed people
Self-employed? Disabled? Disability Rights UK wants to interview you, 03 June 2016 They are looking for someone who has chosen self-employment as a means of more successfully accommodating their disability than employment. They are interested in capturing the difficulties you encountered in employment … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, disabled, self-employed
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Able radio, a voice for disabled people, is 10 years old
Disability Wales news report: Radio station aims to give voice to disabled people, 9 May 2016 An internet radio station produced by and for people with disabilities is celebrating 10 years of broadcasting. Able Radio started life as an in-house production … Continue reading
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Tagged Able radio, disabled, media production
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Benefit cap hurts disabled people and carers
Disability Rights UK reports on 5 May 2016 that: Benefit cap hurts disabled people and carers The latest benefit cap figures show effect on disabled people and carers. View DWP statistics At February 2016, of those capped households: 14 % … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefit cap, carers, Disability Rights UK, disabled
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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 28 April 2016: Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty … Continue reading
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Tagged disabled, Heriot Watt University, John Pring, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Poverty
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Are people with ME disabled?
TIPSFORME blog: Are you Disabled?, by Jenny, 15 April 2016 On Twitter there have been some interesting discussions this week about disability identity and ME. I think this is worth everyone with ME thinking about. For most of us ME is … Continue reading
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Tagged biopsychosocial model, Disability Living Allowance, disabled, disabled rights movement, DLA, George Faulkner, medical model, PACE trial, social model, TipsforME
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Disability employment gap inquiry launched
Disability Rights UK article, 4 April 2016: Disability employment gap inquiry launched The Work and Pensions Committee launches an inquiry into the Government’s commitment to halve the “disability employment gap” – the difference in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, disabled, employment, ESA
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