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Is the social model fit for purpose? Read and have your say
02 December 2015 | News
... Day of Disabled People: 2 pieces on the Social Model Disability Rights UK believes we are disabled by society’s ... are removed. We base our work on the social model of disability. We want to debate the specific ideas that will ... here : one from Alun Davies, who has been involved with disability equality and rights since the early days of ...
Access to Work changes: DR UK response
11 March 2015 | News
... for disabled people in work, Liz Sayce, chief executive of Disability Rights UK said: 'The change to personal budgets ...
Smart motorways legal challenge
12 July 2020 | News
... shoulders are too far apart. Campaign groups, including Disability Rights UK, say they pose unacceptable risks for ...
APPG presents 'Ahead of the arc' report to Damian Green
19 March 2017 | News
... the Government is certain to miss its target to halve the disability employment gap. View report It offers the ... MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability in presenting “Ahead of the arc” to the DWP ... 17 March. Damian Green agreed to meet with the APPG on Disability when the Government issues its response to its ...
Bus user "ridiculed and belittled" by drivers who refuse help boarding
13 December 2021 | News
... because I don't understand why these drivers are so mean." Disability Rights UK's Rail Policy Advisor Stephen Brookes ... to board a bus. In this case, the child who has a severe disability is not being viewed with the same level of ...
In the making conference report
12 July 2016 | News
... learning and partners for stage 2 at Salford conference. Disability Rights UK and its partners the Universities of ... Research Council. Philip Connolly, the Policy Manager of Disability Rights UK and the projects co-investigator for ... to be a partner in that bid by emailing Philip.connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org In the autumn the three partners aim ...
Suspension of childs DLA unlawful
07 July 2015 | News
... The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that taking away Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from a disabled child ... in October 2012. Evidence presented to the Supreme Court showed that: the hospital relied heavily on Mr and Mrs ... Children's Trust, who have been supporting the Mathiesons, shows that of the families affected by the DLA suspension ...
Aim to make Purple Tuesday Purple All Year Round
12 November 2018 | News
... this." Nearly one in every five people in the UK has a disability or impairment, and over half of households have a connection to someone with a disability. It is estimated that the collective spending ...
UNCRPD debated in Parliament
15 October 2017 | News
... been secured to discuss the very serious findings of the UN disability committee concerning regression of Disabled ...
SPECTRUM provides support to Remploy workers
15 May 2013 | News
... by Disabled People. Its guiding principle is that disability issues are human rights issues. It works to a Social Model of Disability philosophy, which defines disability in terms of the negative attitudes and ...