The abuse of disabled persons' parking spaces is still having a huge impact on people's lives eight years after legislation designed at preventing such misuse was passed, according to MSPs. Holyrood's local government and finance committee has been reviewing the Disabled Persons' Parking Places Act.
An autistic teenager who was thrown off his college course just days after starting said he feels as though he has been "thrown away in a bin".City College Norwich said James Parker, 16, had been "enrolled in error".
A leading provider of care for people with learning disabilities says it might have to pull out of some services if a row over back pay for staff is not settled soon. Mencap says it might have to end its involvement in running more than 200 residential care homes and services affecting more than 2,000 people with serious learning disabilities. The services would have to be taken over by local authorities. A government spokesman said further clarity would be provided in the coming weeks.
A disabled man who took his legal fight over cuts to his care to the Court of Appeal has had his case dismissed. Luke Davey, 41, challenged a ruling upholding Oxfordshire County Council's decision to cut his package by 42%.
A student has been told his disability means he will not receive a qualification in journalism. Kyle Gunn, 19, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, has cerebral palsy and is unable to complete the shorthand element of his course. Having spent the past year on the NQ Media Studies course at Glasgow Clyde College, Kyle was hoping to progress onto the two-year HND Practical Journalism course.
A report from a UN committee has criticised the UK government for its treatment of disabled people, saying it needs to do much more to protect the rights of the disabled. The UK is required to regularly report to the UN on how it is honouring the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
