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Feb 20
2012
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THE NATIONAL AUTISM - WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR AUTISTIC LONDONERS?Posted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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THE NATIONAL AUTISM STRATEGY
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR AUTISTIC LONDONERS?
You are invited to a public discussion on the future of autistic people
organised by
The London Autistic Rights Movement (LARM)
Thursday, February 23rd
7 p.m.
Voluntary Action Camden, 293-299 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2TJ
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Feb 19
2012
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‘Fantastic opportunity’ of direct payments ‘could be derailed by colleges’Posted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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Pilot schemes that will give direct payments to disabled students so they can choose their own support should be a “fantastic” opportunity for them to flourish in mainstream further education (FE), say inclusive education campaigners.
The schemes – part of the new Education Act – will see young disabled people and their parents given direct control of funding that is currently used by schools and colleges.
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Feb 19
2012
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Letter warns government that scrapping ILF would ‘wreck lives’Posted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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Campaigners have handed the government a letter signed by hundreds of user-led organisations and disabled activists, in an effort to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF).
The letter, written by the campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), warns that scrapping ILF would “wreck disabled people’s lives” and push them into residential institutions rather than allowing them to live independently in the community.
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Feb 19
2012
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Disability movement loses ‘visionary leader’Posted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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The disability movement is mourning the loss of one of its “quiet leaders”, Stephen Bradshaw, the first director of the user-led Spinal Injuries Association (SIA).
Leading figures in the SIA and other disabled activists have been paying tribute to Bradshaw as a “visionary” activist and campaigner, and to his personal warmth, tenacity and determination.
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Feb 19
2012
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New figures show the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is making good progress in prosecuting disability hate crimes successfully, say disabled activists.
Last year (2010-11), the number of successful convictions for disability hate crime-related offences rose from 483 to 579 across England and Wales.
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Feb 14
2012
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Lawyers and Deaf and disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) have come together to find new ways of using the legal system to defend disabled people’s rights, inclusion and quality of life against public sector cuts.
The Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations Legal Network aims to identify and launch important test cases against public bodies, and raise awareness among DDPOs of how they can use the legal system to fight for their rights.
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Feb 14
2012
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One in five disabled people’s organisations in London faces closure in the next year because of cuts to their funding, according to a new report.
Inclusion London, which carried out the survey for its A Matter of Survival report, said the threatened closures “severely undermined” government policies on disability equality, including those on independent living and direct payments.
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Feb 03
2012
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Atos ‘failed to comply with government policy’Posted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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The company paid £100 million a year to test disabled people’s “fitness for work” has refused to cooperate with an “effective” new way of improving how disability benefit decisions are reached, MPs have heard.
The first independent review of the work capability assessment (WCA) by Professor Malcolm Harrington called for government “decision-makers” to improve communication with staff from Atos Healthcare – the much-criticised company paid to carry out the tests – over “borderline cases”. 
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Feb 03
2012
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Welfare reform bill: Movement set for court showdown with governmentPosted by sidbaility in Untagged |
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The disability movement looks set for a legal showdown with the government, after the coalition prepared to force deeply unpopular measures within its welfare reform bill into law.
More than 20 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and other charities are now discussing a possible legal case against the government.
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Feb 03
2012
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A leading MP has criticised the General Medical Council (GMC) after a GP whose negligence allowed disabled people to be raped and neglected at two residential homes removed himself from the doctors’ register.
Scores of disabled people were raped, drugged, assaulted and neglected at the notorious Longcare homes in south Buckinghamshire while Dr X* was their GP in the early 1990s.
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