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Rail Industry committed to improve accessibility for disabled passengers
31 January 2017 | News
... for Transport will work with train companies to see how staff training can be improved. Where facilities are out ...
600 disabled claimants per DEA unacceptable
27 January 2014 | News
... and Support Allowance claimants to specialist Jobcentre Disability Employment Advisers (DEA). This ratio is ... produce a comprehensive framework which sets out in detail how closer working arrangements with local providers can be ... Disability Rights UK's report 'Taking Control of Employment ...
Russian para athletes banned from winter Paralympics
02 March 2022 | News
... our decision yesterday, we were looking at the long-term health and survival of the Paralympic movement. We are ... and values that have made the movement what it is today. “However, what is clear is that the rapidly escalating ...
Disabled people face biggest average benefit reduction under Universal Credit says new study
02 February 2016 | News
... on average – a reversal of the original intention. However, the potential gains from simplifying the ... claiming the middle or higher rate of the care component of disability living allowance, who will no longer receive the severe disability premium under UC.” Overall, in the long run, ...
Labour Fail to Appoint Minister for Disabled People One Week After Election
12 July 2024 | News
... second” as one of his promises to the nation. This week however, 7 days after the election, many Disabled Peoples ... is rapidly assembled and names are applied to various governmental departments, the role of minister for Disabled people ... vacant. Under the conservative government the position of disability minister changed hands numerous times and was at ...
Disabled entrepreneurs and new technology
20 July 2015 | News
... A new partnership between University of Salford academics, Disability Rights UK and University of Dundee is set to ... of our first event at MediaCityUK and for our Salford Roadshow. The digital technology boom has opened the door to a ... This means they are at an advantage and understand keenly how technology can radically improve lives. This knowledge ...
Our response to the Disabled Students Allowance public consultation
27 September 2015 | News
... on proposed changes to Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). Disability Rights UK has repsonded to this consultation. ... consultation set out the Government’s preferred view on how support supplied by HE providers and DSAs should be ...
1 in 10 use abusive language towards disabled people
16 November 2014 | News
... launched today to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week, show that four in ten (44%) adults use the words 'spaz', ... (37%) witnessing them being used online. The survey also showed that more than 1 in 10 adults have directed these ... Disability Rights UK has produced a number of Let's Stop ...
CQC to review use of DNACPR during pandemic
14 October 2020 | News
The Department of Health and Social Care has asked the Care Quality Commission to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) ... decisions were used during the Coronavirus pandemic. Disability organisations including DR UK raised concerns ...
MPs call for legalisation of e-scooters
05 October 2020 | News
... counterproductive if people switched from more active and healthy forms of travel such as cycling and walking. The AA ... Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: “We agree with other disability organisations, especially those representing ... and a strong sense of personal responsibility about how to use them in their users. We also have concerns about ...