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Government accused of breaching UN convention in its treatment of disabled people
20 August 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK accuses the Government of “dismissing” the findings and recommendations of the UN disability committee’s ... it as a “dismissal of the lived experiences, views and interests of Disabled people in the UK”. Read ...
Research Opportunity: Help Us Understand Menstrual Health In Teenagers With Down Syndrome
19 November 2024 | News
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are conducting a study on how teenagers with Down syndrome and their families prepare for and manage their periods . Periods can be a confusing and ...
Our view on Govt plans to see more disabled people in work
29 November 2017 | News
Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability. Read ... the idea of personalised employment support for example, and the recommendations of the Stevenson/Farmer review being ...
Our PIP Guide has been updated to include PIP psychological distress judgement
30 January 2018 | News
Our PIP Guide has now been updated to include changes to regulations following the High Court decision RF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions . From 16 March 2017, new PIP rules ... rate, for claimants who suffered psychological distress and needed someone with them when when trvelling on familiar ...
Want to get into print? Sign up for the WriteNow mentoring programme
13 June 2017 | News
Penguin Random House UK has launched a nationwide campaign to find and develop talented new writers from under-represented ...
Three in five win PIP appeals but the process is off putting
06 April 2016 | News
61% of rejected claims for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are overturned on appeal - inflicting unnecessary stress and extra expense on people, say campaigners. Read Mirror ... Tanni Grey-Thompson, a campaigner for disabled people and DR UK ambassador, said the rate of successful appeals ...
Abandonment of disabled asylum seekers in the UK ruled as ‘systematic discrimination’
20 December 2020 | News
In a ruling by the High Court, the Home Office’s claim ... claimed that it was in the interests of immigration control and that they had no legal duty to provide adequate and accessible accommodation for disabled asylum-seekers. ...
Photograph any locked RADAR toilet for a chance to win £100 in vouchers
19 August 2018 | News
... RADAR lock? See full news item N&C Phlexicare are giving you the chance to win £100 worth of Love2Shop vouchers. ... of any RADAR locked public facilities you come across and share the picture with us either on social media or by ... your image in by email, please send them to info@nichollsandclarke.com You will automatically be entered into the ...
DR UK meets with Disabilities Minister about our In the Making project
26 January 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK had the opportunity to tell Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson MP about our “In the Making” project and the ambition of working with disabled people to equip ... a second stage of the project which would work in a deeper and more prolonged way with participants and to speak at our ...
Lack of tactile paving ‘a factor’ in death of visually impaired man
22 February 2021 | News
A lack of tactile paving was a contributing factor to the death of Cleveland Gervais, a partially sighted man who died after falling ... people that they are close to a platform edge or kerb, and up to 15% of accidents where people fall on to the track ...