Search results
1111-1120 of 3887 results
Over half of disabled people using social care can’t get support to live independently
11 November 2015 | News
... Scope has published new research that aims to understand how social care affects younger disabled people and the ... disabled people aged 18-64 who use social care. It asked how far services support them to live, work and participate ... of social care users with fluctuating needs say support does not fit in around their changing needs.er than one in ...
Britain’s housing crisis: slow progress and a radical quick fix
13 September 2018 | News
... letters on this topic DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick talks about how he left home and the current shortage of suitable ... inclusion, employment and maintaining good physical and mental health. With the number of new communities and housing ...
DR UK writes to Minister for Disabled People to press for £20 week increase to ESA
23 June 2020 | News
... (and working tax credit). DR UK welcomes this increase. However, by restricting it to Universal Credit, it ... the minimum spend needed to get a free food delivery. A Disability Benefit Consortium (DBC) April 2020 survey of ... week would make a real difference to them. In this current health emergency, no-one should be having to choose between ...
Extension of Blue Badge Scheme from August 2019 to include those with hidden disabilities
17 June 2019 | News
People with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they are ... and ensure Blue Badges are used correctly. Sue Bott, Disability Rights UK’s Head of Policy, said “We are ...
Kamran Mallick's Christmas and New Year message
18 December 2019 | News
... welcomed some new faces. Our new structure places us in a much stronger position to represent the disabled community ... the lives of all disabled people and those with long term health care needs. We want to create and drive a vision of ... with no more need to book in advance. We are focusing in on how we can better support Disabled Peoples Organisations ...
Our concerns about proposed tax credit reforms
22 October 2015 | News
... off if proposed changes to tax credits are implemented Disability Rights UK believes that disabled people who are ... the additional costs of a disabled child. Research shows that families with disabled children are more likely to ... than other families and that it costs three times as much to raise a disabled child . See also our Submission to ...
Women and Equalities Select Committee: pandemic has had “profoundly adverse effects” on disabled people’s access to services
21 December 2020 | News
... access to food, and potentially discriminatory practices in health and social care services. Existing systemic problems ... communication impossible for people who lip read, and much more difficult for BSL users and disabled people who ... and urgently bring forward reforms which address fundamental problems of funding, consistency of support, ...
Adjustments for Disabled students and apprentices
26 June 2024 | Resource
... impairments Learning difficulties Medical conditions Mental health condition Physical impairments Specific learning ... often say this is a useful way of seeing examples. However it' important to remember that ‘disability’ only ...
DWP WCA Maximus contract statement: Our response
30 October 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK receives huge numbers of distressed ... Assessment; and be met by an assessment process that knows how to treat disabled people, to make adjustments and to ... in the assessments (which we disagree with). Where DR UK does engage in work with any company we insist that we will ...
Students report human rights achievements
26 April 2015 | News
Equally Ours aims to help everyone understand how human rights benefit all of us in the UK. Disability ... Read the four reports: Disability Rights Considerations in Mental Health Law: An interview with Peter Edwards - Suzanna ...