A teenager with learning disabilities has been rescued from cliffs after going missing in south Devon. The 14-year-old boy left his family's home in Brixham on a small push-type scooter. He was reported missing and found by police after the scooter was discovered near a coastal path.
A disabled County Down student has won damages against a care company after it refused to lift her out of her wheelchair to attend university.
An increasing number of inmates with serious mental health problems are being held at Edinburgh Prison, inspectors have found. Checks also found long-term prisoners being required to share cells was causing tension and disagreements. However, the report also found many of the concerns raised at a previous visit to Saughton had been solved.
Major investment in making transport more user-friendly has not been accompanied by high levels of confidence among disabled users, a survey revealed on the 29th January 2007.
New legislation introduced on 4 December 2006 means that disabled people have, for the first time, the right to be treated fairly and the right for reasonable adjustments, on buses, coaches, trains and taxis. The new law will also apply to car hire and breakdown services.
A third of disabled adults say that they don't feel safe in their locality and almost a quarter say they have difficulty using police services, a new poll by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) reveals today.
