Campaigners fear the government could bow to pressure from the house-building lobby and delay the implementation of compulsory accessibility and adaptability standards for all new homes.
The Foundation for Lifetime Homes and Neighbourhoods – the accessible housing provider Habinteg, RADAR, Age UK and the Town and Country Planning Association – spoke out as it launched a [...]
New laws approved by MEPs should make it easier for disabled people across Europe to travel by boat, and could also mean new rights to accessible bus and coach travel.
The regulations approved by the European Parliament will mean that transport providers will not be able to deny a disabled person the right to board a [...]
Disabled peers have raised fears that the government’s academies bill could “fatally undermine” the provision of specialist support to disabled pupils.
They fear that withdrawing money from councils’ specialist support budgets to give to new academy schools – as proposed by the bill – will leave too little money for local authorities to provide services to [...]
Anger at the government’s plans to slash spending on disability living allowance (DLA) has continued to mount, with one disabled people’s organisation describing it as “wholesale, brutal attack on disabled people”.
Documents published after last month’s emergency budget reveal that the Treasury expects to cut the number of people claiming DLA – as well as spending [...]
The number of disabled people appealing against a decision to refuse their claim for the new out-of-work disability benefit has rocketed over the last year.
New figures released by the Tribunals Service show that in the first quarter of 2009-10 there were about 10,000 employment and support allowance (ESA) appeals.
By the second quarter of the year, [...]
Inclusive education campaigners have welcomed the announcement that the government is to publish a green paper on disabled children and those with special educational needs (SEN) this autumn.
Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat children’s minister, said the SEN system needed to be “more family friendly so that parents don’t feel they have to battle to get [...]
Disability living allowance (DLA) allows disabled people to maintain control and independence in their lives, and helps them avoid having to move into residential care, according to new government-funded research.
The Impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance report, published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), says there is “a wide range of [...]
Campaigners fear that delays in bringing forward key elements of the Equality Act could mean the coalition government is planning to water down parts of the legislation.
The government announced this week that much of Labour’s act – which streamlines existing equality laws and provides new protection in some areas – would come into force this [...]
Peers have raised fears that the government could be planning cuts to the disability living allowance (DLA) budget and the Access to Work (ATW) programme, and could be set to abolish the Office for Disability Issues (ODI).
The concerns were raised in a debate held to mark the 40th anniversary of The Chronically Sick and Disabled [...]
Naidex South is a brand new event taking place from 29 – 30 September 2010 at ExCeL London, home of the newest products and services to aid independent living.
Come and see hundreds of products on show including wheelchairs, scooters, adapted vehicles, pressure relieving beds, walking aids, recliner chairs, stairlifts, access equipment, daily living aids and [...]
The time is finally nearing. University will all be over on June 7th. Despite lectures having ended on May 6th, I still have my final piece of work to submit, my dissertation.
My dissertation on ‘Disability in the Fashion/Modelling Industry’ has been one long journey, which I had a very frustrating start with and thought I [...]
Representatives of DisabledGo were amongst over 130 attendees at the Conference and Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Disabled Supporters (NADS) at Wembley Stadium on 26th May.
The registered charity, which represents 30,000 disabled supporters in the UK, leads the way in representing disability issues to the football authorities. The Conference was addressed by [...]
Ruben Carril is facing a challenge of a lifetime as he gears up to skydive in order to raise money for the Limbless Association.
Ruben, 43, has always been a thrill seeker. He used to bungee jump, surf, ski and ride motorcycles. Unfortunately, one day, this came to a halt when he was struck by a [...]
A high-profile court case has been put on hold after a council agreed to work with disability organisations on its plans for a controversial “shared streets” development in London’s tourist heartland.
The charity Guide Dogs had raised serious concerns – backed by 30 disability organisations – over the development of Exhibition Road by Kensington and Chelsea [...]
Almost half of doctors – and more than a third of nurses – believe people with learning difficulties receive poorer healthcare than the rest of the population, according to a new survey.
Similar numbers have seen a patient with a learning difficulty being treated with neglect or lack of dignity or receive poor care, while nearly [...]
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 [...]
The proportion of polling stations that reached a basic level of accessibility at May’s general election was only slightly higher than the last election five years ago, according to a new survey.
The survey of more than 1,000 polling stations found two thirds (67 per cent) failed to meet at least one of seven basic access [...]
The government has agreed to do more to ensure that academy schools set up under proposed new laws will have to match existing obligations to pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
The pledge came after concerns raised by the disabled peer Lord [Colin] Low, which received widespread backing from fellow peers during the committee stage of [...]
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 [...]