Daily Archives: 04/07/2010

New disabled people’s minister pledges to fight for rights

The new Conservative minister for disabled people has pledged to work closely with disabled people, improve access and equality and work towards ending disability poverty.
Speaking at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary disability group, Maria Miller MP provided few new details about the coalition government’s policies around disability rights.
But Miller, appearing the day before the [...]

Website aims to see Paralympians reunited

The charity that manages Britain’s Paralympics teams has launched a search for hundreds of missing Paralympians.
ParalympicsGB wants to track down as many as 1,700 sportsmen and women who have competed for Britain at previous Paralympic Games but have now dropped out of contact.
It wants them to sign up to the Paralympians’ Club, a new website [...]