News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

One-legged golfer sues council run golf course for discrimination

A golfer with a prosthetic leg is suing a local council for refusing to let him play on its course using a buggy. Paul Houghton's right leg was amputated in 2000 after he was affected by a lethal tissue-eating bacteria. Mr Houghton learned to walk again - and golf became an important part of life but he still also uses crutches and a wheelchair. He claims Brentwood Council in Essex discriminated against him but the council is defending the legal action.

by Clive Coleman

5 Sep 2018

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Cambridgeshire wheelchair crash death driver sentenced

A woman who took a "totally unnecessary risk" by driving while her windscreen was dirty and killed her wheelchair-using cousin has been sentenced. Hayley Sterna, 51, crashed her car into Chris Clements' wheelchair while he was out with his dog on 4 January 2017.

5 Sep 2018

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Crewe woman cleared of wheelchair drink-driving in Rhyl

A woman who crashed her wheelchair into a parked car has been cleared of drink-driving. Holidaymaker Stephanie Nevitt, 44, said she had only consumed one pint of cider and a glass of wine before she arrived at Rhyl in Denbighshire.

5 Sep 2018

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More Welsh children with asthma in hospital in September

"Daddy, am I going to die?" This is what one five-year-old boy asked after having an asthma attack at school. Harry Cook is one of 58,000 children with the condition in Wales, who are at greater risk in September.

5 Sep 2018

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A new treatment for severe asthma, is set for wider NHS distribution

A new treatment for severe asthma is set to be made more widely available on the NHS in the UK by the end of 2018. The procedure, bronchial thermoplasty, "melts" away excess muscle tissue in the lungs using radio frequency, making breathing easier. Previously there were strict criteria about who was eligible to receive it. But the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says it can be offered more routinely, after it was proved to be safe and effective. Some people may still not be able to receive it because the final decision about whether to offer the procedure lies with local health bodies.

by Laura Foster

5 Sep 2018

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East Yorkshire brewery highlights Learning Disability

People with learning disabilities are trying to raise awareness of their condition by brewing beer. Spotlight Brewing has been set up in an outbuilding at a residential care home in Snaith, near Goole, East Yorkshire. As well as providing work experience for the residents, the company has named its range of beers after different disabilities.

5 Sep 2018

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One-legged golfer sues council run golf course for discrimination

Cambridgeshire wheelchair crash death driver sentenced

Crewe woman cleared of wheelchair drink-driving in Rhyl

More Welsh children with asthma in hospital in September

A new treatment for severe asthma, is set for wider NHS distribution

East Yorkshire brewery highlights Learning Disability

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