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DRUK and YEG call on government to increase youth employment
23 September 2020 | News
... young people during the economic crisis and beyond. DR UK Disability and Skills Manager Rabia Lemahieu said: “Young ...
Boy wins grammar school discrimination case
15 September 2020 | News
A visually impaired child has won his 11+ discrimination case against Reading Grammar School.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission supported the boy after the school failed to make reasonable adjustments to enable him to sit his entrance exam.
The EHRC provided funding for a legal challenge after a referral from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
Shape our new tech zone
18 November 2019 | News
Are you an innovator? Entrepreneur? Tech guru? Disability Rights UK is part of a team developing an ...
Top ten accessible beaches revealed
08 July 2021 | News
Nearly all of the top ten most accessible beaches are in just three counties, according to new research.
Government releases ‘shocking’ new figures on transport hate crime
30 March 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK is calling a meeting of key people in ... new public transport hate crime data. The data shows that between 2014 and 2016, the numbers of disability related hate crime incidents in England reported ...
Nine things you must do to be an exceptional leader
02 October 2018 | News
... us the things she has learnt about great leaders working in disability rights. These 9 lessons are drawn from the works ... thousands of great leaders working, in different ways, in disability rights around the world. They hold true for ...
ILF transfer threatens care packages cut
12 July 2016 | News
... Living Fund (ILF). Read article The article refers to Disability Rights UK research which suggested that only 29 ... a freedom of information request by Inclusion London showed 53 out of 60 ex-ILF users have had their social care ...
Our Statement on the Government's response to DSA proposals
01 December 2015 | News
... Universities and Science issued a written statement. Whilst Disability Rights UK are disappointed that this policy is ... lobbying and collective action,” said Philip Connolly, Disability Rights UK’s Policy Manager and chair of “No ...
DfE report on education raises SEND questions
20 October 2020 | News
... considered their child has a special educational need or disability. 4% of respondents said their children did not ... DR UK Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: “This evidence shows that there are thousands of children who don’t have ...
Sense report shows devastating impact of reductions in social care
03 September 2020 | News
A new report from deafblind support charity Sense shows the full extent of the reduction of social care ... disabled adults living with their families. The report shows that overnight, families had support removed and had ... disabled adults living with their families. The research showed that 75% of those surveyed had their care and support ...