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Social Security System "sanctions and demonises Disabled People" - DR UK responds to Employment Inquiry
08 April 2024 | News
... of Disabled people. These ranged from questions on how we close the disability employment gap, and how ... Crisis . Barriers to adequate housing, social care and healthcare also exclude us from employment and society. The ... “feel like criminals”, causes “trauma and preventable mental distress”, and “tells Disabled people they are ...
Strategic partner updates for July 2014
30 July 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... UK’s events and workplan (lead on commissioning ), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... Peer support workers - new ways of working in mental health services A newly published study from the ...
DR UK responds to the LGA report on adult social care
24 September 2018 | News
... Association (LGA) consultation kick-starts the debate on how to pay for adult social care and rescue care services ... DR UK's reponse to LGA consultation Sue Bott, Deputy CEO of Disability Rights UK said: “We welcome the publication of ... LGA’s Green Paper and this initiative in stimulating the much needed debate on how to overcome the crisis in social ...
Why is inspiration porn entrenched in our attitudes towards disability? By Ned Kelly
17 November 2023 | News
... and doing your daily activities, that would be unusual. However, across the world many disabled people are portrayed ... Activist, Elizabeth Wright argues that disabled people are much more than their disability. She said: “I want to talk ... at the Paralympics. Martin thinks that inspiration porn does have a negative impact on disability, he said: “We ...
Debt charities urge Ofgem to protect people with energy debt
08 August 2022 | News
... their energy use – putting at risk their physical and mental health. The charities’ findings show that: Energy arrears, rather than Council Tax, are now ...
An update on Disabled Students allowance
16 March 2016 | News
... and reflecting the proposals we ourselves advocated for. However concerns over the implementation of the policy ... of the role the guidance ascribes to the providers of mental health services to disabled students and have reflected this ...
We deplore the draft Home Office guidance on solitary confinement
03 August 2016 | News
... Rights UK CEO Liz Sayce, says this will damage the health of disabled people and could be life-threatening. ... it permits solitary confinement of people living with mental health – or indeed other health – issues even if ... services where use of seclusion has gone right down, showing that services can manage without solitary confinement ...
High Court finds DWP unlawfully refused Universal Credit to disabled students for seven years - only for Secretary of State to change the law to bar them again
11 November 2020 | News
A newly published High Court judgment has shown that, between 2013 and 2020, thousands of disabled ... receive PIP but were refused Universal Credit which made it much harder for them to afford to continue their studies. ... left paying for food, clothes and travel from the separate disability benefit PIP, and forced to borrow money from ...
The UK Government Is Facing The UN Disability Committee - Here's How You Can Get Involved!
17 March 2024 | News
... will also be live, embedded captions on the live stream. How you can help Watch the evidence session and scrutinise ... of this news story) The UK Government Is Facing The UN Disability Committee - Here's How You Can Get Involved! ...
Election manifestos 2015
06 May 2015 | News
... instead relying on the judgement of GPs or other health professionals. Increase the budget for Disability ... disabled people, with far greater transparency over how the scheme is administered. Transport Make it a ... back-to-work support for people with disabilities, mental or physical health problems, aiming for one ...