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MEPS pass EU copyright law
26 March 2019 | News
... 11 of the Bill would have required web publishers, such as Disability Rights UK and other charities, to pay a 'link tax' when posting snippets of news from other ... or GitHub are exempt from the Directive. The directive does not require the use of copyright filters but critics ...
Video and telephone welfare benefit appeal hearings and Disabled people: new research
05 December 2021 | News
... their benefits decisions at tribunals. The results showed that holding tribunals in this way can work for some Disabled people, but brings plenty of pitfalls and does not work for all. IPR’s most important recommendation ... clients hearing and being heard; Problems understanding how to join video sessions were also common and difficulty ...
Could disabled people be the answer to the fostering crisis?
07 October 2020 | News
... data on the age and ethnicity of foster parents but it does not monitor the numbers of disabled people involved in ... act as role models for disabled children and young people. However, they acknowledged that everyday practice in the ... These include empathy, understanding and awareness of disability and discrimination, overcoming adversity and ...
Our Into Higher Education Guide has been updated
14 March 2023 | News
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability thinking about studying in higher education ... as whether colleges or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. ...
Queen’s Speech 2015
26 May 2015 | News
... two years from 2016-17. Pensioners and benefits relating to disability costs (DLA and PIP) will be protected, as well as ... integrated transport systems reflecting the London model. How this will affect disabled passengers is uncertain. ... absorbing the functions of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Health Ombudsman, the Local Government Ombudsman and ...
Tribute to Lorraine Gradwell
03 September 2017 | News
Lorraine Gradwell, founder of Breakthrough UK and former Disability Rights UK trustee, died on Sunday 3 September ... been nicer or warmer. She gave me plenty of advice about how to deal with the thinking in Shropshire which was not as ... her pearls of wisdom and experience stole the show. So much so in fact I almost wished she had not been invited as ...
Katie Price gives evidence to MPs about online abuse against her son
05 February 2018 | News
... from online abuse? Are technology companies doing enough? How well does the current law protect disabled people from online ... at 2.30pm in Parliament, followed by representatives from disability charities and advocacy groups at 3pm. The session ...
Participants needed for research project examining how the benefits system has responded to Covid 19
08 June 2020 | News
... of Kent are carrying out independent research to explore how the benefits system nationally has responded to the ... help us understand the benefit system during the crisis, how well it has responded, and what could be changed to improve how it is working. The researchers are carrying out ...
More than 8 out of 10 disabled claimants fail to find work through the DWP Work and Health Programme
29 November 2020 | News
New DWP statistics show that more than eight out of 10 disabled claimants have ... not achieved a ‘job outcome’ through the DWP Work and Health Programme (WHP). The WHP replaced the Work Programme ... people started on the programme: 86,000 were in the Disability group (73 %); 21,000 were in the Long-term ...
LA Care Act implementation fails disabled people
13 October 2015 | News
Promoting choice and control? How the implementation of the Care Act by local authorities ... people The Independent Living strategy Group, of which Disability Rights UK is a member and In Control, has just ... needs are met and that independent living is being fundamentally undermined”. Jenny Morris, one of the authors of ...