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The decision of the head of the care and health watchdog to announce her resignation has been welcomed by a leading disabled people’s organisation.Cynthia Bower announced her resignation – which will not take effect until August – on the...
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Thousands of disabled people across Scotland could face “destitution” because of the programme to reassess all claimants of incapacity benefit (IB), a new report has warned.The report, by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), claims an estimated 115...
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At least two major disability charities are investigating their involvement in a controversial government programme that has been described by critics as “slave labour”.The government’s scheme offers work experience to young people for b...
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Workfare controversy: Fears over plans for ‘unlimited work experience’Disabled people could soon be forced to work for their benefits for an unlimited period of time, campaigners fear.Measures in the welfare reform bill will mean many disabled...
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The European Union (EU) must act to halt the “blatant discrimination” that prevents disabled people working, studying or travelling in other countries, according to a major new report by Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisat...
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The government must do more to ease the anxiety of disabled people over its disability living allowance (DLA) reforms, according to a committee of MPs.The work and pensions select committee report says the plans to scrap working-age DLA and replace it wit...
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THE NATIONAL AUTISM STRATEGYWHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR AUTISTIC LONDONERS? You are invited to a public discussion on the future of autistic peopleorganised byThe London Autistic Rights Movement (LARM)Thursday, February 23rd7 p.m.Voluntary Action Camden, 2...
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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 sche...
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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), warn...
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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...
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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 ro...
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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 Peopl...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 charit...
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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, dru...
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It is “entirely obvious” that the government’s welfare cuts are “falling entirely” on disabled people and families with children, according to a leading academic.Professor Paul Gregg, an economic and social policy expert at t...
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Disabled activists are warning that local authorities could try to copy a council that has withdrawn funding from a direct payments support service.Even though government guidance encourages councils to provide an independent advice and information servic...
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A leading user-led arts organisation has raised new concerns over the search for volunteers to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Paralympics.Last week, disabled artists and performers warned that many disabled people would...
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Leading figures in the disability movement say they could stop cooperating with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if the government’s welfare reform bill becomes law.Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are becoming increasingly ang...
