Justice Minister David Ford (pictured with Tonya McCormac) is supporting the billboard campaign A campaign to raise awareness of disability hate crime in Northern Ireland has been launched. Leonard Cheshire Disability, which provides voluntary services to people with disabilities, said the reporting of such crimes was "surprisingly low". Last year, 70 disability hate crimes were reported, an increase of 100%.
Sick and disabled people will still be left waiting six months for vital cash despite a Government pledge to cut waiting times.
This report focuses on support for disabled people under universal credit. Whilst we support the principles of universal credit, our analysis shows two important types of problems that will particularly affect disabled people; one relating to work incentives, the other concerning out of work support:
Fibromyalgia is known as a condition that is not life threatening but the suicide potential is not considered.
Arthritis Care has submitted evidence, based on people with arthritis' experiences, to the independent review of the implementation of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). We said:
