Disability charity Mencap branded Geoffrey Clarke's comments "abhorrent" after he claimed babies with such disabilities would be a "burden" if born
Roy Taylor has Motor Neurone disease, and is travelling in a four-wheel-drive wheelchair.
A councillor has been accused of claiming that a person with learning difficulties "shouldn't be voting".
Failure to consider dignity can be a breach of human rights Today in its ruling on the Mcdonald case (for background see http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/mcdonald-v-united-kingdom)
DVD LAUNCH: Pictured (left to right) are June Stubbs, co-ordinator of Middlesbrough Community Inclusion Service; Lynda Lord, Middlesbrough Community Inclusion Service; and Cleveland's Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger. A DVD highlighting the harrowing experiences people with learning disabilities have suffered has been launched to raise awareness of the problem.
