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Peers hope charter will build ‘culture of respect’ for human rights
December 10, 2013
Ian Streets
Two disabled peers have helped to launch a new charter that its authors hope will help to build a "culture of respect" for human rights across the country. Lord [Colin]…
Read moreDeaf people angry over new Access to Work restrictions
November 28, 2013
Ian Streets
Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace. The Access to…
Read moreGovernment secretly ‘opens the floodgates’ into special schools
November 28, 2013
Ian Streets
The government has secretly "opened the floodgates" that will see increasing numbers of disabled children being forced into special schools, say campaigners for inclusive education. They spoke out as the…
Read moreHistory month launch looks back so disabled people can look forwards
November 20, 2013
Ian Streets
Disabled people must work together if they want to avoid "slipping back into the past", the launch event of UK Disability History Month 2013 (UKDHM) has heard. The annual month-long…
Read moreAward-winning film has echoes of Remploy closures
November 19, 2013
Ian Streets
An award-winning documentary has highlighted the need for a more flexible employment market and a more inclusive society, according to disabled campaigners who attended a screening of the film by…
Read moreDisabled peer seeks support from MPs on key human rights battle
November 18, 2013
Ian Streets
A disabled peer is fighting to prevent the government overturning a key piece of human rights protection for disabled and older people in private sector and charity-run residential homes. Last…
Read moreWebsite should ease the path to deaf-friendly traders
November 13, 2013
Ian Streets
A new website aims to help deaf people find electricians, plumbers and decorators who are able to communicate with them. The DeafProSussex website has been launched by the Deaf Cultural…
Read moreFive disabled playwrights win their ‘write to play’
November 13, 2013
Ian Streets
Five disabled writers have won the chance to work with three of the UK's best-known theatre venues. The writers have been selected by the disabled-led theatre company Graeae to create…
Read moreDisabled workers could be owed thousands by cheating bosses
November 1, 2013
Ian Streets
Disabled workers are being encouraged by the government to check that their employers have not been cheating them out of thousands of pounds. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills…
Read moreShape’s £1.5 million grant ‘is huge boost for disabled artists’
November 1, 2013
Ian Streets
A leading disability arts organisation has secured £1.5 million of lottery funding to develop a programme of "ambitious and high quality work" by disabled artists over the next three years.…
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