Daily Archives: 09/04/2012

Government hears suggestions for fulfilling potential

09/04/2012 – 9:00 am

Tackling the bureaucratic barriers faced by disabled people, a list of the top disability-friendly employers, and recruiting more disabled teachers, are just some of the suggestions for how the government can improve disabled people’s lives.
The ideas were among more than 500 responses to Fulfilling Potential, a discussion document issued by the Office for Disability Issues [...]

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Scottish GPs call for ‘fitness for work’ tests to be scrapped

09/04/2012 – 9:00 am

Disabled activists have hailed as a major victory a decision by Scottish GPs to call on the government to abandon its controversial “fitness for work” tests.
Doctors at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual Scottish conference of GPs voted for a motion that called for the “inadequate, computer-based assessments” to be abandoned in favour of a [...]

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