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How I left the nest and moved into my lifetime home
13 September 2018 | News
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick talks about how he left home and the current shortage of suitable ... affordable place to live is difficult and often impossible. How I left the nest and moved into my lifetime home ...
Disabled people’s contribution to the economy
14 December 2014 | News
... to the economy Press release – for immediate use Disability Rights UK and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation are hosting a seminar to explore how economic policies can be developed which support ... mercy of cuts up to now, with more to come; but are also much less likely to be in paid employment than non-disabled ...
Join Our Online Event: Sharing Information on Disability!
20 March 2024 | News
... whether to share information on your impairments or health conditions with education providers, training providers or employers? What did you decide? Disability Rights UK, in collaboration with the Disabled ... of Disabled people and reflect on our rights and how organisations can create more inclusive cultures. ...
PIP Fails – new MS Society report
26 January 2020 | News
A new research report by the MS Society shows that more than half of people with MS surveyed didn’t ... “PIP provides vital support to people with MS and helps pay for things such as adapted cars and help around the ... because of an application and assessment process that does not work for people with a fluctuating condition such ...
New guidance on personal budget payment cards
23 June 2019 | News
New guidance on social care personal budget says pre-payment cards should never be the only option The ... Personal (TLAP), have published a document on the use of payment cards in social care. It looks at how payment cards are being used by local authorities as a ...
Disabled Motoring UK’s Baywatch campaign
08 April 2019 | News
... to survey their local supermarket car park to find out how many disabled bays are provided, how many cars are parked in them without a Blue Badge and what the supermarket or parking operator does about this. Find out more Disabled Motoring UK’s ...
MPs quiz Minister on smearing disabled people
10 December 2013 | News
... campaign, called We Do More Than You Think. The report shows that disabled people are major contributors to our ... has failed most disabled people who were formerly on health related benefits but found fit for work and the ... stories about disabled people as scroungers makes it that much more difficult for them to convince employers to take ...
Disability Benefit Consortium calls for emergency covid-19 benefit changes
26 March 2020 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has written an open ... have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. However, it says that these support measures need to go ... “People living with a disability and those with long-term health conditions tend to have lower real incomes and higher ...
Nearly one in three Disabled workers say they were treated unfairly at work during the pandemic
09 June 2021 | News
... less than non-disabled peers. Recent government figures show that redundancy rates are now 62 per cent higher for ... disabled workers Disabled workers told the TUC that their disability or shielding status meant they were treated ... they have not told their employer about their disability or health condition, with many of these workers fearing being ...
Disabled People’s Organisations Criticise “Institutionalised Ignorance” From “Ableist State” in Pandemic and Say Nothing Has Changed
01 July 2025 | News
Disability Rights UK, Disability Action Northern Ireland, ... to cut Personal Independent Payments and Universal Credit health-related support to Disabled people in full knowledge ... of the Care Sector being complex, fragmented and fragile. However, what that language bears the risk of obscuring is ...