Southport Dementia Friendly. MP John Pugh joined representatives from public health, the Alzheimer's Society, Person Shaped Support and Lib Dem councillors Pat Keith and Sue McGuire at the Atkinson yesterday when information and advice about the condition and its care will be available to members of the public and dementia carers.
The Blue Badge Scheme has a vital role to play in enabling blind or disabled people to travel independently, either as a driver or a passenger, by providing for parking near where they need to go.
The Personal Independence Payment statistics issued today show that the disability benefit system in the UK has broken down. Disabled people are waiting over 6 months for their PIP claims to be assessed with 75% of claimants not yet having received any decision on their claim.
My 19-year old son Abdulkarriem who has Down's Syndrome was arrested, handcuffed and held in a police cell for nine terrifying hours after trying to go to school on a Bank Holiday to collect his favourite basketball cap that he had left in the classroom.
Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show how government initiatives have failed to help sufficient numbers of sick and disabled people into work.
Disability charity Mencap branded Geoffrey Clarke's comments "abhorrent" after he claimed babies with such disabilities would be a "burden" if born
