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Disabled people ‘must take the initiative’ over access to sport

11/12/2012 – 3:00 pm

Disabled people need to take the initiative and demand more accessible local sports facilities, a conference has heard.
Stewart Lucas, chief executive of Interactive, which works to increase the number of disabled people taking part in sport and physical activity in London, said that disabled people needed to decide for themselves that they wanted to become [...]

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Heathrow wheelchair ordeal raises London 2012 questions

29/06/2012 – 11:56 am

A leading activist has accused airline staff of ignoring the needs of disabled passengers at Heathrow, just weeks before thousands of Paralympic athletes and other disabled visitors will flood through the airport.
Julie Newman, acting chair of the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC), was returning from a disability rights conference in Denmark organised by the European [...]

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