Disabled offered new library link
A new service has begun to help people with mobility problems visit one Leicester library.
1 Oct 2007
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Bath death prompts £15,000 fine
A care provider has been fined £15,000 for breaking health and safety laws following the death of a disabled woman who had been left alone in a bath. Lilia Korzun, 48, who needed 24-hour care, died at a sheltered bungalow in Wednesbury, West Midlands, in 2004.
1 Oct 2007
Scotland's invisible epilepsy epidemic
It was once known as the Sacred Disease. Its sufferers were revered and stigmatised in equal measure for their supposedly divinely ordained condition. Julius Caesar, Peter the Great, and Byron are just a few of the best known historical figures to have had epilepsy.
1 Oct 2007
Carers to earn more without losing out
Carers will be able to earn more money without losing their benefits, Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has announced.
27 Sep 2007
Braille is on the menu for pub
Helping a pub put its menu into braille is among the changes a new company has brought about to help improve facilities for disabled people. Richard Jones, who is a wheelchair user, has launched Accessible Wales to ensure places like cafes, shops and churches can be used by everyone.
26 Sep 2007
Jobs saved at Remploy factories
No disabled workers at Remploy factories in Scotland will be made compulsorily redundant, according to the work and pensions secretary. Forty two UK factories - including three sites in Wishaw, Glasgow and Aberdeen - were earmarked for closure. Peter Hain told the Labour Party conference that ministers would make the final decision.
26 Sep 2007