Daily Archives: 20/02/2011

Maynard faced disablist abuse from Labour MPs ‘more than once’

20/02/2011 – 12:07 pm

A disabled MP who claimed he was mocked over his impairment by Labour MPs in a Commons debate believes similar abuse has taken place on several occasions.
The Conservative MP Paul Maynard, who has cerebral palsy, revealed in a newspaper interview how opposition MPs pulled faces at him, “really exaggerated gesticulations, really exaggerated faces”.
He added: “Only [...]

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Council delivers death blow to leading self-advocacy organisation

20/02/2011 – 12:01 pm

One of the country’s leading self-advocacy organisations will be forced to close next month, after a council withdrew its funding without any warning.
Members of People First Lambeth (PFL), run by people with learning difficulties and set up in 1985, said the decision by Lambeth council not to renew annual contracts worth £118,000 meant it would [...]

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