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Look Up petition succeeds as TFL backs campaign
17 July 2018 | News
On 21 June 2018 we highlighted Corry Shaw's #LookUp campaign on our website and social media. Read Metro ... stop with the message 'look up, does someone need your seat?'. Like many other disabled people, Corry has chronic pain and desperately ...
Celebrating Disability History Month!
16 November 2023 | News
... to take this opportunity during Disability History Month to look back on some of our favourite parts of Disability ... – we hope you enjoy these snippets of radical history! Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) - Bex ... Christchurch during his campaign – he did not win the seat. In February 1995, DAN brought traffic on Westminster ...
Two Champions for I Can Make It represented young people with disabilities with distinction this week
30 November 2017 | News
... City Outcomes Framework. As a result, we’re are really looking forward to taking further steps in a really positive ... It will be good to discuss further what this picture will look like and how we can focus on good retention policy as ... was featured in Employable Me, about difficulties faced by disabled people in finding work. Bethany can be seen in this ...
Disability Campaigners remember on Radio 4’s The Reunion
10 April 2016 | News
... 1979 a Government report found that discrimination against disabled people was as bad as that relating to race or ... many bitterly disappointed. Joining Sue around the table to look back on what was dubbed "the last civil rights ... who, as the BBC's Disability Correspondent, had a front row seat on the campaign; Lord Hague who steered the Disability ...
DR UK/CII Energy Limiting Conditions survey shows huge impacts on daily living
14 December 2021 | News
... friends and family and over 90% have been accused of ‘not looking Disabled’ according to new research from Chronic Illness ... Many of the solutions are relatively simple, including more seating, less ambient noise, and easier access to the Blue ...
Transport Secretary pledges to improve disabled passengers’ journeys
01 March 2020 | News
... new Government campaign launches to improve the journeys of disabled passengers on public transport. The Department for ... for disabled people are often unconscious, such as not looking out for a fellow passenger who might need a seat or be in distress. ‘It’s everyone’s journey’ ...
Disabled rail passenger left “scared and vulnerable”
13 December 2021 | News
A Disabled rail passenger from Leicester has been left feeling ... periods of time without risking a fall. She booked reserved seats for her outbound journey along with help to find them. ... to the screen above them. We tried to explain that I was disabled and needed to sit down, but she point blank refused ...
A masterclass in the East of England, as well as progress in other areas for I Can Make It.
11 October 2017 | News
... to be added on to this list. And finally, we’re really looking forward to meeting Andy Burnham , Mayor of Greater ...
Sign up for our Disability and my Journey Into Higher Education webinar
14 November 2017 | News
In this webinar one of our I Can Make It Champions, Bethany Young, talked about some of the barriers she encountered in HE and shared solutions for making education more inclusive.
Time and date: 2pm Wednesday 29 November 2017
England’s Disabled People’s Organisations Demand Next Government Takes Radical Action to End Injustice Towards Disabled People
22 September 2023 | News
Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) from across England ... takes fundamental and radical action to address the deep-seated inequalities faced by millions of Disabled people. For far too long, Disabled people have been ...