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Reasonable adjustments in the education sector: are they happening?
01 October 2018 | News
Reasonable adjustments and their effectiveness in education and training post Equality Act 2010. This is a small DRILL ...
Lockdown easing plans put CEV people back in jeopardy
05 July 2021 | News
Psychology experts, health professionals and Disabled People’s Organisations are expressing grave concerns about the Prime Minister’s announcement ... “Only two-thirds of over 18s have been fully vaccinated. Nearly 18 million adults in this country have yet to be ...
Inspiring Stephen Hawking speech at Jack Ashley memorial event
13 March 2018 | News
Disabled people can do anything if they have a fierce will to succeed Download the ... The event, organised by DR UK, was held at Nesta in London and sponsored by Wey Education. Professor Hawking outlined how his life had changed and developed after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone ...
UK ‘no longer’ systemically racist – report called into question
30 March 2021 | News
The UK is "no longer" systemically rigged against people from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to a review set up by the Government. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said that the structure of families and social class had a more significant impact on life ...
Getting Connected: The challenges of being empowered in Work
28 September 2017 | News
Introducing a blog on Access to Work written by one of our I ... Projects Authority (IPA), next week to persuade him and the IPA of why social value should be used to create new ... who is the Champion for I Can Make It in Hertfordshire and has been featuring a lot in our recent updates, ...
Fazilet Hadi takes up interim policy position at DRUK
20 January 2020 | News
Fazilet Hadi has joined Disability Rights UK as Interim Head of Policy and Research. Fazilet was previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer at RNIB and is a Non-Executive Director of Cambridgeshire Community ...
DR UK finds out about co-production in action!
11 July 2018 | News
... Festival last week hosted by SCIE (The Social Care Institute of Excellence). We heard great examples of how ... users of services are being involved in designing, creating and delivering better public services. Co-Production ... came from Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy and the Chief Executive of SCIE (no less!) who kicked off ...
Supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
09 August 2018 | News
Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in ... it also provides a life-long home for those with learning and physical disabilities, mental ill-health and older people. Last year the Government had consulted on ...
Opening up opportunities for independent living for disabled people
03 November 2015 | News
New Big Lottery-funded research initiative, Drill, will rely on partnerships between disabled people and academics to uncover and pilot good ideas Underlying Drill will be partnerships ...
Terminally ill people in ‘vicious cycle’ of fuel poverty
26 November 2020 | News
... published a new report on the impact of fuel poverty on terminally ill people. The report shows that terminally ill ... which some may struggle to afford due to depleted incomes and the other significant costs associated with their ... flare up or become worse, affecting their mental wellbeing and, in the worst cases, even hastening their death. The ...