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Chaos of bus protest will highlight barriers facing DLA losers
Disabled activists are planning a high-profile protest that will highlight the inaccessibility of the public transport system, and demonstrate the problems that will be caused by the government’s cuts to…
Disabled workers still face ‘bleak’ struggle for support
Disabled people are still facing a “bleak picture” in their struggle to secure the support they need in the workplace, according to a new report from the equality watchdog. The…
Campaign raises fears over ‘unsafe’ vehicle conversions
Some wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAVs) are potentially unsafe for passengers or drivers travelling in their wheelchairs, and should never have been allowed on the roads, claim campaigners. The campaigning user-led charity…
London 2012 reveals names of first Paralympic torch-bearers
A cheerleader, an athlete and an artist are among the first disabled people chosen to take part in this summer’s Paralympic torch relay. LOCOG, London 2012’s organising committee, this week…
University defends display of disabled icon’s skeleton in glass case
The skeleton of Joseph Merrick is kept in a glass exhibition case by Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), more than 100 years after he died. One disabled campaigner has…
Disabled shopper’s Orange nightmare
A disabled woman was tackled to the floor by a security guard after she complained about not being allowed to return her new mobile phone, only minutes after signing the…
Paralympian fears Sun damage at London 2012, after ‘appalling’ headline
One of Britain’s leading Paralympians has led fierce criticism of the Sun newspaper for running front-page headlines that mocked the speech difficulty of the new England football manager, Roy Hodgson.…
Leveson inquiry ‘has sidelined disability’
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) – including Inclusion London, the UK Disabled People’s Council and the Disability Hate Crime Network (DHCN) – told Disability News Service (DNS) last November that they…
Sex, farmers and mobile phones mean success for seventh blogging day
Disabled bloggers have posted their views about topics as diverse as sex, special education, assistive technology and the barriers facing disabled farmers, as part of the seventh annual Blogging Against…
Jack Ashley: Tributes paid to ‘trailblazing’ MP and peer
Tributes have been paid across the disability movement to Lord [Jack] Ashley, the UK’s first deaf MP and a hugely committed campaigner for disability rights for more than 40 years,…
