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TfL want your views on portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology
22 February 2018 | News
Since mid-January, Transport for London have been trialling portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology at three central London Tube stations. They are trialling these products to understand how they assist customers with hearing impairments when ...
MP calls for face mask exemption awareness campaign
04 November 2020 | News
Disabled people who are unable to wear face coverings due to their impairments, are continuing to encounter hostility from some retail and transport staff and members of the general public. Whilst the exemptions are clearly set out in regulations, there has been a failure by ...
Five disabled children die by suicide in one county in lockdown
13 July 2020 | News
Five disabled children have died by suicide in the last three months in Kent according to a report in ... a year. The children had special needs, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which may have ... “The causes are unclear… but restrictions to education and other activities, disruption to care and support ...
Patients to benefit from £325 million investment in NHS transformation projects
27 July 2017 | News
NHS E announced £325m of capital investment for local projects that will help the NHS to modernise and transform care for patients. Speaking at the King’s Fund , Mr Hunt and Mr Stevens gave the green light to local capital ...
Asthma attacks in more than a million people linked to UK cost of living crisis rationing
29 September 2022 | News
One in five (20%) people living with asthma in the UK – of ... they have been forced to make due to rising energy, food and household bills, according to the research by Asthma + ... asthma attacks after cutting back on medicine, heating and food amid the soaring cost of living crisis, a survey ...
134% increase in deaths of people with learning disabilities during pandemic
02 June 2020 | News
134% more disabled people with learning disabilities have died during the Coronavirus crisis ... by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Between 10 April and 15 May there were 386 deaths, with only half of them ... looked at deaths of people with a learning disability and/or autism where it was told by care providers, and also ...
Young people wanted to get actively involved in DR UK research
14 June 2018 | News
Young peoples attitudes towards disability and disabled people. Disability Rights UK is looking for disabled young people aged 12-18 to become members ... a research project looking at attitudes towards disability and disabled people amongst their peers. Members will have ...
DWP launches case trawl review exercise to identify PIP claimants owed benefit arrears following landmark legal judgment on the need for support when ‘Engaging with other people face to face’
24 September 2020 | News
... to identify claimants now owed benefit arrears following a recent Supreme Court judgment. This DWP review will result in potentially thousands more disabled people getting PIP or receiving it at a ... who are experienced in providing them with support Two issues in respect of daily living activity 9 were in dispute ...
Safeguarding adults review slams ‘confused’ enquiry into learning-disabled men’s injuries
22 April 2018 | News
A botched safeguarding enquiry into similar injuries sustained by two learning-disabled men made it impossible to clearly establish their causes, a scathing report has found. ... responses to broken legs suffered by Matthew Bates and Gary Lewis within a 24-hour period at the same care ...
Two new blogs on the experiences of disabled people in institutions
01 December 2015 | News
... blogs today look back at the experiences of disabled people in institutions. Institutions have long been a feature of the ‘care’ of disabled people, and it is only in very recent times that they have been come ... two pieces tell very different stories, but they show clearly why we at Disability Rights UK believe that ...