International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2015: Invisible disabilities and seeing beyond the wheelchair
'Using an accessible toilet or disabled parking space isn't a luxury or a privilege'Istock
14 Dec 2015
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Disabled Students Allowance cuts: Is it time to extend the EHCP to universities?
What do you call it when someone says one thing but their actions show they really mean something quite different? There's a few words and none of them are very nice. Neither is what's happened to the Disabled Students Allowance.
13 Dec 2015
See me for who I am, not for my wheel chair"
This year, on the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities, meet Maj. David Yaakov Shaulker, who serves in the Material Directorate of the IAF on w wheel chair. Ever since he was injured and a violent tumor was discovered, the IAF accompanied him all the way and is a second family to him. "If not for the IAF support, I may not have been here today"
13 Dec 2015
“You don’t look disabled”
To mark international day of disabled people on 3 December, the TUC has published guidance for trade union representatives and disabled workers under the title "You don't look disabled". The individual case studies it presents show why it is needed.
8 Dec 2015
Don’t stifle our ambition, give us a chance.
Sneaky, sneaky Mr Cameron. Thought you could get it through when no-one was looking eh? Tut, tut, shame on you.
8 Dec 2015
EU finally acts on Europe-wide access laws… after 15 years
Disabled campaigners have welcomed the long-awaited publication of draft legislation to create Europe-wide access laws.
8 Dec 2015