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Six years on, Trailblazers go back undercover on buses, trains and taxis
April 30, 2015
Ian Streets
Young disabled campaigners are to go undercover across the UK to find out whether access to public transport has improved since they carried out a “damning” study six years ago.…
Read moreDisabled peer calls on wheelchair-users to demand NHS improvements
April 30, 2015
Ian Streets
One of Britain’s greatest Paralympic athletes has called on wheelchair-users to back a new push to transform wheelchair services across England. Retired Paralympic legend Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson, now a crossbench…
Read moreTserkezie moves from Balamory’s village shop to TV production
April 23, 2015
Ian Streets
One of the country’s best-known disabled actors is hoping that her own TV production company will create more roles for disabled performers, and nurture talent from the north-east of England.…
Read moreTrio who ‘avoided hate crime sentence for second time’ show law ‘is a joke’
March 20, 2015
Ian Streets
Three thugs who carried out vicious attacks on young disabled men have avoided being sentenced for hate crime for the second time, raising fresh questions about the criminal justice system’s…
Read moreHarper stays silent over his “totally unacceptable” office access measures
March 19, 2015
Ian Streets
The minister for disabled people has been heavily criticised for failing to ensure that his constituency office is accessible to disabled people, after Disability News Service (DNS) confirmed that a…
Read more‘Tens of thousands of children could gain from new wheelchair laws’
March 12, 2015
Ian Streets
Tens of thousands of disabled children could benefit from a change in the law that now allows under-17s to use more advanced powered wheelchairs, campaigners claim. The amendment to existing…
Read moreTwo city buildings ‘design out disabled visitors’ by scrapping blue badge spaces
March 5, 2015
Ian Streets
Two major cultural institutions in Manchester have been criticised for “designing out disabled people” by removing all of their on-site blue badge parking spaces during multi-million pound renovation programmes. Manchester…
Read moreMobile revolution ‘is making disabled people more appealing as employees’
March 5, 2015
Ian Streets
The mobile computing revolution is helping to make disabled people more “appealing” to potential employers, as well as to providers of goods and services, according to a leading disabled telecommunications…
Read moreCouncil criticised after removing blue badge concessions
February 26, 2015
Ian Streets
A council has been criticised over plans to remove a concession that offered free parking at work for disabled members of staff with blue badges. Newcastle City Council wants to…
Read more‘Charter for change’ aims to reverse fall in sporting activity
February 26, 2015
Ian Streets
A new “charter for change” that aims to boost the number of disabled people taking part in sport and physical activity has been launched at the House of Commons. The…
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