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I Can Make It videos of young disabled people at work
31 July 2016 | News
... It project we are proud to release our latest films, showing two young disabled people at work. We would be grateful if you could take a look at these short films, and please share them with others within your network who ... reduce the gap in employment between young disabled people and their non-disabled peers. To find out more about the ...
Big Benefits Row: last nights show
03 February 2014 | News
The Big Benefits Row was a discussion programme in which experts attempted to debate the controversial ... of benefits. The programme was on Channel 5 at 9pm tonight and will be repeated Tuesday 4 February, at 6.30pm. ... fought to outdo each other with varying degrees of rudeness and stifled any attempt at debate by shouting it down. On ...
Changing attitudes to learning disability
23 July 2015 | News
Learning disability is when you don't understand things, but it doesn't make you stupid Our apprentice, Corrin McLelland, recently spent a day with Mencap’s Campaigns team to ...
CAA to review the accessibility of the top 20 airlines
04 May 2023 | News
... Aviation Authority has shown the depth of contempt within the airline industry for Disabled passengers. The review, started four years ago, but was interrupted by the pandemic, looked at the accessibility of airlines’ websites, and how they operate at UK airports. Many airlines sent ...
Report shows students ignorant of DSAs when applying for HE
16 January 2019 | News
... with the additional cost a disabled student faces when studying. This report assesses the extent to which DSAs are ... to learning that disabled students might experience and to look at the effect of recent changes to DSA funding. ... Students report high satisfaction with the application and assessment process overall Students with certain types ...
Government Fails to Commit to Accessible Homes
02 August 2020 | News
The government has announced sweeping changes to the planning system, with a view to making it easier to build homes and hospitals. The proposals would designate areas for ... vision for the future speaks of beautifully designed houses and tree- lined streets, however, there is no mention of ...
Councils break law over home adaptations
28 April 2015 | News
The long wait for a home — councils are failing disabled people Leonard Cheshire Disability’s new ... They also want more funding for adaptations from both local and national government and for all new homes to be built to Lifetime Homes ...
Rethinking the Work Capability Assessment
17 March 2015 | News
... Assessment (WCA) – which assesses eligibility for the main out-of-work disability benefit, Employment and Support Allowance – is widely seen to be failing This ... could actually get or keep work, given their impairments and given who they are. This report finds: Real-world ...
Shaw Power 100
20 October 2020 | News
... has published its annual Power 100 list of the UK’s most influential disabled people. DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick was ... Sophie Morgan, Srin Madipalli, Gavin Harding MBE, Shani Dhanda, Simon Minty, Jonathan Andrews, Samantha Renke, Caroline Casey and Nikki Fox. See ...
Scottish Welfare changes at a glance
21 January 2015 | News
Part of: Informing the debate on Scotland's constitutional future and Maintaining and strengthening the Scottish devolution ...