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Family of disabled boy evicted due to Coronavirus fears
29 March 2020 | News
... they are in hospital. Ahmed, who is ten, and has developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy and scoliosis, ... Ronald McDonald House. We are pretty disgusted. This is not how anyone should be treated. "The family have hotel ... story of Ahmed and his family underlines the failure of health and social care services, to provide necessary ...
Inequalities of a generation of disabled children, young people and their families’ needs overlooked!
07 September 2016 | News
... and is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability and All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism. ... officials in Department for Education, Department of Health and Department of Work and Pensions. The charity has ... of inequalities experienced by disadvantaged groups. However no resources or support were allocated to ...
IPPR argues for free social care for over 65s
22 May 2019 | News
... Harry Quilter-Pinner and Dean Hochlaf, proposes to pay for free social care through an increase of 1.31 ... tax rise. They also call for greater integration of the health and social care systems, through the creation of ... expenditure. According to Evan Odell, a researcher at Disability Rights UK: "This report is one more example of a ...
Look Up petition succeeds as TFL backs campaign
17 July 2018 | News
... run announcements at every stop with the message 'look up, does someone need your seat?'. Like many other disabled ... and desperately needs to sit down as she travels into work. Disability Rights UK are pleased to announce that the ... range of station and train announcements. Corry's campaign shows what a disabled person can achieve. Instead of taking ...
Most councils will not ring fence ILF resources
07 April 2015 | News
... over the second week in January 2015. Analysis of Disability Right’s UK’s FOI (freedom of information) ... the Transfer Review Programme please can you let us know: How many ILF users are there in your area and how many of ... and the implications for independent living. What does come across from the responses is that local ...
NAO report damns UC roll out
04 September 2013 | News
... Universal Credit (UC) against its plans, and reviews how DWP managed the programme so far. This report considers ... has delayed rolling out Universal Credit nationally. DWP does not yet know to what extent its new IT systems will ... control over supplier spending and ineffective departmental oversight. From mid-2012, the underlying concerns ...
House of Lords publish report on the transition from education to work for young Disabled people
31 October 2024 | News
... face when transitioning from education to employment. Disability Rights UK submitted written and oral evidence to ... possible eligible for them: not just those with Education, Health and Care Plans. Internships should be particularly ... them to make the transition from education to employment. However, we found that these are the exception rather than ...
The Great Benefits Row: Channel 4 Dispatches tonight
10 April 2016 | News
... the Channel 4 programme on PIP this evening will show deeply disparaging comments from an assessor about ... can make huge amounts of money, because of the incentive payments. If true, we are deeply concerned: it is the ... public money that is direly needed by disabled people – how come cuts fall on disabled people, when there seems to ...
People with learning disabilities to be prioritised for vaccinations
23 February 2021 | News
... Immunisations has confirmed that everyone with a learning disability will now be prioritised for vaccination under ... register has many benefits and entitles people to annual health checks and prioritisation for future vaccinations, as ... guides to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, including how to join your GP's learning disability register to make ...
One in five Universal Credit claims fail
13 May 2018 | News
... universal credit more information on universal credit and disability According to data released under the Freedom of ... commitment” setting out the conditions of their payment. A further 4% had their application closed for ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop One in five ...