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Campaign will sign up disabled surfers to fix the web
A new campaign is hoping tens of thousands of disabled people will help to fix the problems caused by inaccessible websites. Fix the Web hopes its scheme will enable access…
Disability History Month ‘will be standard-bearer for rights’
Disabled activists are set to launch the first UK Disability History Month (DHM), with backing from more than 40 organisations. The aim is to encourage schools and colleges, as well…
Diplomat loses legal fight over reasonable adjustments
A high-flying diplomat’s career is “in limbo” after she lost a disability discrimination case against the Foreign Office over the support she needed to do her job in a new…
Welsh station access is ‘unacceptable’, say assembly members
Access to railway stations in Wales is “unacceptable”, with more than half of the 221 stations across Wales not fully accessible, according to a new report by a committee of…
BBC rapped over Clarkson’s disablist comment
The BBC has been criticised by the communications watchdog over a programme in which presenter Jeremy Clarkson made offensive, disablist comments about people with learning difficulties. Clarkson told viewers of…
Remploy manager used disablist nickname
The failure of Remploy bosses to stop a senior manager referring to a member of staff by a disablist nickname showed the company’s “total lack of respect” for its disabled…
Government sets digital access goals for 2012
The government has laid out plans for making websites, computers and other parts of the “digital economy” more accessible to disabled people. The new eAccessibility Action Plan, published by the…
EHRC equality review: Watchdog’s ‘wake-up call’ on fairness
A major new review of inequality in Britain has called for action to close the most important “equality gaps” faced by disabled people and other minority groups. The Equality and…
Phone companies fail test on access
Phone companies are failing to tell prospective customers about the services they provide for disabled people, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom described the performance of the eight companies –…
School sports pilots ‘will include disabled children’
Disabled children are set to take part in a new school sports competition that will be trialled across England from early next year. The “Olympic and Paralympic-style” competition will be…
