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A quarter of autistic children wait over three years for school support
08 December 2021 | News
One in four autistic children are left waiting for over three ... support they need at school, leaving families “exhausted and on the edge of crisis”, according to a new report by ... for their children, with 57% waiting for more than a year and 26% waiting more than three years. DR UK Head of Policy ...
Campaign to restore the Access to Elected Office Fund
10 April 2018 | News
Emily, David and Simeon are from three different parties. View video They have joined forces with More United to ask the Government to ... restore the Access to Elected Office Fund which helps deaf and disabled candidates, of all parties, with the additional ...
Our response to WCA 5th review
14 August 2014 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Dr Paul Litchfield to undertake the fifth independent ... the Work-Related Activity Group (WRAG) or Support Group; and Mental Health conditions and Learning Difficulties. You ...
Disability Rights UK expertise on Labour taskforce
11 June 2013 | News
Task Force led by Sir Bert Massie developing proposals to break the link between disability and poverty Disability Rights UK is pleased to be putting ... Party, with Ian Greaves, Editor of our Disability Rights Handbook, on Sir Bert’s group. We always seek to share our ...
New PIP report form for GPs
11 April 2013 | News
GPs to be paid £33 when they complete the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) report form The report form will be used by GPs where someone has claimed PIP and the Department for Work and Pensions requests further information about the claimant ...
Congratulations to Leo Capella comedy king
21 November 2017 | News
Leo Capella, I Can Make It , project coordinator, took part in his first ever stand-up comedy gig on Tuesday 21 November at the Nell of Old Drury , Covent Garden and raised money for Disability Rights UK. Leo says: ...
Further Scottish devolution proposals
12 October 2014 | News
... published proposals on further devolution for Scotland On 19 September 2014 the Smith Commission, chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin, was established as a fully independent body to ... provide secretariat support to the parties’ discussions and to wider consultation on those proposals respond to the ...
Queen's speech 2013
07 May 2013 | News
These are the main relevent bills outlined in this year's Queen's speech ... This Bill introduces the single-tier state-pension system and increases the retirement age to 67 between 2026 and 2028. The Bill allows the retirement age to be regularly ...
I Can Make It: latest video
05 September 2016 | News
In this video Leo Capella, Campaign Project Co-ordinator for ... makes his own case for why young people with disabilities and long term health conditions should join I Can Make It. ... a number of champions from different cities throughout England. However we would like more champions to join us in the ...
Government reluctance to support the reasonable adjustments of disabled election candidates
03 February 2021 | News
With shockingly low representation of disabled people in elected office, both across local authorities and in parliament, the government’s silence on ... a fund to support the reasonable adjustments of disabled candidates is deeply troubling. The Elected Office Fund and ...