Daily Archives: 28/06/2010

EHRC calls for personal stories of harassment

28/06/2010 – 12:51 pm

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is appealing to disabled people to come forward with evidence of their own experiences of disability-related intimidation and violence.
The evidence call is part of the EHRC’s inquiry into what public bodies and transport providers are doing to eliminate disability-related harassment and its causes.
The EHRC is threatening to take [...]

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Research triggers fears among autistic rights campaigners

28/06/2010 – 12:32 pm

Disabled activists have raised serious concerns about new genetic research which could lead to treatments or cures for autism.
Members of the autistic rights movement fear the research could lead to abortion clinics being seen as a “solution” to autism, as they say has happened with Down’s syndrome.
They spoke out after an international consortium of scientists [...]

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