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“Barbaric and inhumane” care is “generating trauma” for Disabled children
27 April 2021 | News
... Care Committee has heard of the horrifying conditions that Disabled people live in. Benji O’Reilly, herself an NHS ... Local Safeguarding Children Partnership serious case review looking into the circumstances which led to autistic ... they are going under the radar of national consciousness. Disabled children are still being treated with the means and ...
More than £1 million for 10 new research projects led by disabled people
17 January 2018 | News
... £150,000 of National Lottery funding each, to explore how disabled people can live as full citizens in our society and ... practice. Each research or pilot project will be led by disabled people or people with long term health conditions; ... Kamran Mallick, Chief executive Disability Rights UK, which looks forward to a shift of focus, in 2018, when you will ...
Telling people you’re disabled: clear and easy guide for students
27 June 2024 | Resource
... Keeping things private Reasons for telling people you’re disabled Employment and education are covered by the ... opportunities policies Some employers really want to employ disabled people It’s an opportunity to describe your ... if you meet the minimum criteria listed in the advert. Look out for positive things about disability or treating ...
Government announces halt to Disabled Facilities Grant increase
07 February 2024 | News
... a 2021 commitment to increase the amount of money to the Disabled Facilities Grant that disabled people in England can claim to adapt their homes, ... will be able to access it." The government also promised to look at reforming the test which it said was "complex" and ...
Disability Rights UK submission to the Taylor Review
16 May 2017 | News
... Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is a national charity led by disabled people seeking change. Our focus is on the full participation of disabled people in UK society – that is people living with ... having insufficient agency themselves over what the support looks like, too little emphasis on mitigating their ...
UN Committee Calls for UK Wide Strategy on Disability
24 August 2017 | News
... implementation of the CRPD and the status and treatment of disabled people in the UK. Special Rapporteur Stig Langvad ... to set world-leading standards for the treatment of disabled people. Two overarching areas of importance were ... administrations there to answer those questions. We look forward to working with the Government on improving the ...
140 disabled people ‘incarcerated’ in hospitals due to lack of accessible housing
10 March 2020 | News
... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/09/severely-disabled-boy-stuck-in-acute-nhs-bed-for-nearly-a-year Ahmed ... since the middle of April last year. Powell said: “I’m looking into this case as a matter of urgency. While ... now prioritising the case.” Every ‘excess bed’ day a disabled person unnecessarily spends in hospital costs the ...
Report shows millions of Disabled people living in cold homes
09 December 2022 | News
... YouGov has revealed that across the country, millions of Disabled people and those living with a serious health ... installation to contact the Good Law Project who are looking to challenge these transfers. For more information, ... from endfuelpoverty.org.uk. Report shows millions of Disabled people living in cold homes ...
Labour Party disability and poverty review
20 May 2014 | News
... The Labour Party appointed an independent Taskforce: “To look at ways to break the link between disability and poverty, to review ways of helping disabled people meet the extra costs that disability imposes ... recommend changes to the social security system to maximise disabled people’s control over their own lives. The ...
Disabled peoples stories of leaving institutions
11 June 2013 | News
Disabled People in the UK share their stories of leaving ... with learning disabilities. Devised and researched by Disabled People’s user-led organisation CHANGE, the report ... that the young people lived in over-crowded rooms and it looked to me like they slept in cots. I was really upset to ...