We speak out when we think that legislation is going to have a harmful effect on people with mental health problems. With your help, we try to encourage MPs and Peers to amend the legislation, or to vote against it entirely.
The summer of 1998 was when my own personal journey with disability began; working as a camp counselor and lifeguard in the USA the summer after my final year exams I had a severe dislocation to my shoulder and needed surgery to repair it before flying home. Over the following years my world altered from that of a fit young law graduate with the world at my feet to one of unexplained pain and increasing disability.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) would never have become a valued and respected national institution if it was allowed to continue on the path it was on. Labour's tired old way of working was turning equalities into a burden. When people heard the word equality they also heard bureaucracy and red-tape. Instead of being about fairness it was more about frustration.
The Commission is going to the UK's Supreme Court, to fight a ruling against a disabled air passenger which could see airlines get away with breaking the law by discriminating against disabled travellers.
The government has admitted that households which include disabled people are more likely to be affected by its decision to restrict most benefits to below-inflation increases. 10/01/2013
Reassessments for people who receive disability living allowance (DLA) to move onto the new personal independence payment (PIP) will now be made later than originally planned, the Government has said.
