Tory MP under fire after his 4x4 is spotted in disabled bay
A Tory MP came under fire after his car was spotted parked in a disabled bay in central London.
8 Sep 2014
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Hear my Voice
Every day, more than 1.4 million people with a learning disability and their families face issues like poor healthcare, hate crime and social isolation. But these issues are rarely, if ever, debated at election time and most politicians don't understand how these things impact on people's lives.
8 Sep 2014
My battle with dyspraxia
Looking at me, you would think I'm a normal nineteen-year-old girl. Which in some ways I am; I go clubbing, I love shopping, I have no shame in being a One Direction fan, I have a boyfriend and I'm studying for a degree. However, all of my life I have suffered from dyspraxia; a condition that provides me with daily obstacles, but it won't stop me from going far.
4 Sep 2014
London’s Tube network is not accessible enough: let’s campaign for change
London's Tube system is not currently anything like fully accessible to wheelchair users or people with mobility problems. Transport for London (TfL) offers many excuses for the lack of accessibility provision on the Tube. But as the Crossrail project has shown, engineering solutions to a wide range of problems can be found and implemented in the most difficult of situations.
2 Sep 2014
“Want my space? Take my disability!”
Guest post from Chris Welch who is campaigning for the law to be enforced to stop people using disabled parking spaces when they shouldn't.
1 Sep 2014
Disability, Let's Talk About The Barriers
The Fabian Women's Network invited Disability Rights UK to send someone along to their event to discuss and debate "Disability, Let's Talk About The Barriers", so I went, and I did.
28 Aug 2014