Daily Archives: 02/07/2010

Minister could reform ILF over closure controversy

02/07/2010 – 9:49 am

The new minister for disabled people has suggested the government could reform the Independent Living Fund (ILF), following its decision to stop accepting any new applications for the rest of the year.
Speaking at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary disability group, Maria Miller MP suggested the government could change the way the ILF was run [...]

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Parents who locked children in bedrooms ‘did not breach rights’

02/07/2010 – 9:43 am

A high court judge has ruled that two sets of parents are not breaching the human rights of their disabled children by locking them in their bedrooms at night.
Both the disabled people – a nine-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman – have Smith-Magenis syndrome, which causes self-harm, destructive behaviour and disturbed sleep.
In both cases, the [...]

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