NEARLY 20,000 cancer sufferers have been forced to return for repeated fit-for-work tests carried out by controversial French firm Atos. The company have a £100million-a-year contract with the UK government to test whether disabled people are capable of working.
Electric vehicles should be made louder to avoid posing a risk to visually impaired pedestrians, according to the Guide Dogs association.
Leading Paralympians hit out last night at what they felt was double standards in the New Year Honours list in which multi-gold-medal-winning Paralympians missed out on the highest gongs.
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Up to £18m is to be invested in step-free access at 95% of London's bus stops by 2016, Transport for London (TfL) has said.
Readers, I've heard lots of terrible stories of the cuts 'getting personal' over the last few years.This one is one of the worst. I am a disabled young adult and if I was in this situation, I would have exactly the same feelings that Mrs Kennedy has.