Daily Archives: 10/12/2011

Government ‘must treat disability as priority’ in international aid

A government department has been heavily criticised for ignoring the needs of disabled people in developing countries.
Disabled campaigners and MPs accused the Department for International Development (DfID) of failing to treat disability as a priority when deciding funding for projects.
They were speaking at an event held to raise awareness of disability and education issues in [...]

Minister’s access award is hard to swallow

Disabled activists have been left “bewildered” by the decision to present the minister for employment with an award for the accessibility of his website.
Chris Grayling beat off competition from all 648 other MPs to win the accessibility award in this year’s MP Web Awards.
The awards were organised by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and [...]