Concerns have been raised about how members of the public are being chosen to take part in the Paralympic torch relay – a major event in the lead-up to this summer’s London 2012 games.
LOCOG, London 2012’s organising committee, is preparing to announce the nominees who have been chosen to carry the Paralympic torch from Stoke [...]
Tributes have been paid across the disability movement to Lord [Jack] Ashley, the UK’s first deaf MP and a hugely committed campaigner for disability rights for more than 40 years, who died on Friday (20 April).
Many spoke of his fearsome campaigning skills, his commitment to the rights of disabled people, and his personal charm, while [...]
Our new IPhone App, ‘My DisabledGo London’ has received a fantastic response since it was released last month. In just under 4 weeks it was downloaded by over 1000 people.
The App, which has been designed for anyone wanting to find out more about disabled access across the Capital, reached the top 40 of the UK [...]
Naidex National takes place 1st-3rd May at the Birmingham NEC and is set to be an excellent show for healthcare professionals, trade, members of the public, and exhibitors alike. Registration for free tickets and more information on the event can be found at www.naidex.co.uk where you can also find details on all the products and [...]
Cheshire West and Chester Council have joined our online access guide www.disabledgo.com providing a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to know more about access to the area.
The guide to Cheshire West and Chester covers over 1000 venues across the area including – cinemas, hotels, parks, leisure centres, state offices, high street stores, restaurants, tourist [...]
A disability charity is calling on the banking industry to do more to make its services accessible to blind and partially-sighted people.
RNIB issued the call as it published a new guide offering advice to the financial industry on how to improve services for almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.
RNIB research [...]
Leading price comparison websites are ignoring their legal obligations to make their sites accessible to disabled people, according to a new report.
The disability charity AbilityNet, which analysed the accessibility of five sites for its report, said disabled people should be a significant market for any retail website, because they “often have less cash and less [...]
Four disabled activists have resigned from the board of the UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation following a disagreement over its future direction.
The trustees who resigned from the UK Disabled People’s Council’s (UKDPC) national council – Mark Harrison, Anne Novis, Tara Flood and Rachel Hurst – had played major roles in renewing and restructuring the organisation [...]
Disabled activists have again brought traffic chaos to central London by chaining their wheelchairs across busy pedestrian crossings in protest at government cuts and welfare reforms.
The focus of the two-hour protest in Trafalgar Square was on the demand for the government to scrap its controversial new Welfare Reform Act, which includes plans for heavy cuts [...]
Sports governing bodies must do much more to encourage disabled people to play sport regularly, according to the cabinet minister responsible for the London 2012 Paralympics.
Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport, told a conference organised by the government that he wanted to “call time on piecemeal, tokenistic nods [...]
The knock-on effects of the government’s huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance (DLA) could wipe out every penny of the savings it is hoping for, according to a new report.
The Disability Rights UK (DR UK) report, Impact Assessing the Abolition of Working Age DLA, accuses the government of ignoring the effects on disabled [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The MP leading a review of Labour’s special educational needs (SEN) policy has suggested it will recommend a far more inclusive approach than the coalition government’s anti-inclusion stance.
Sharon Hodgson, the shadow minister for children and families, was taking evidence from campaigners at an event organised by the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE).
Tara Flood, ALLFIE’s director, [...]
New guidance could see older people, children, obese people and pregnant women receive protection under European laws on air travel for disabled people, a leading user-led organisation has warned.
The air travel regulations, introduced across the European Union in 2007 and 2008, were intended to provide disabled people and those with restricted mobility with equal opportunities [...]
The mother of a teenager with autism who was repeatedly confined to a padded room at his residential special school has spoken of the “remarkable” progress he has made since a court ruled his treatment was unlawful.
The 19-year-old was often prevented from leaving the so-called “Blue Room” at Beech Tree School, near Preston, which is [...]
User-led groups across London are hoping to convince local authorities to continue funding two vital areas of support for disabled people and their organisations.
London Councils – the umbrella organisation for the capital’s local authorities – has just finished a consultation on which areas it will continue to fund through its grants programme. Decisions are due [...]