Me and my MS
Poppy Hasted was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1985 at the age of 24. She had just started her first job after graduating from Liverpool Polytechnic with a degree in librarianship and information science.
11 May 2016
News
We oppose the Hendy review proposals to defer 50% of vital Access for All rail projects
Following the proposals on Access for All detailed in the Hendy Review, Transport for All, together with Inclusion London, Disabled People against Cuts, Disability Rights UK, RNIB, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign UK and Campaign for Better Transport wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport. The "Replanning Network Rail's investment programme" report from Sir Peter Hendy to the Transport Secretary recommends to defer 50% of vital Access for All projects to 2019-24. [Source: Transport for All website] Dear Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport, R.E: Proposals by the Hendy Review to defer 50% of Access for All projects until the next rail Control Period (2019-24) Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the accessibility of the UK's Rail network still has a long way to go. We are therefore writing to express our dismay at the proposed recommendations by the Hendy review into Network Rail to defer 50% of vital Access for All projects to 2019-24. Over twenty years have passed
11 May 2016
Volvo to begin driverless car trials in London next year
Volvo is to begin the "most ambitious" trials of driverless cars in London next year.
11 May 2016
'Making our holiday homes disabled-friendly has paid off': Britain's small firms missing out on disabled customers and employees
Britain's small and medium-sized businesses are failing disabled customers and employees and missing out on a consumer market comprising 11 million people - with spending power of £212billion.
9 May 2016
Arthritis Research UK
Did you catch our CEO, Dr Liam O'Toole, on BBC Breakfast this morning? Liam was talking about the impact arthritis has on the lives of millions of people to launch our Be the Difference campaign.
9 May 2016
Debate on World Autism Awareness Week
On Thursday 28 April MPs
7 May 2016