Blind teenager left in tears after being ordered to leave Liverpool city centre restaurant because she had guide dog with her
Yee Rah restaurant in Liverpool One.
26 Sep 2015
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Disabled student wins £20k after university built library it knew would breach DDA
A university which built a library it knew was inaccessible in order to cut costs has agreed to pay £20,000 in compensation for discriminating against a talented disabled photography student.
25 Sep 2015
Confirmed! UN is investigating UK’s ‘grave violations’ of disabled people’s rights
The United Nations is carrying out an unprecedented inquiry into "systematic and grave violations" of disabled people's human rights by the UK government, Disability News Service (DNS) can finally confirm.
25 Sep 2015
Top 10 Things NOT to Say to a Fibromyalgia Patient
Fibromyalgia awareness has come a long way. But that doesn't stop people from making insensitive comments. There's still a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about this painful illness. Patient Expert Karen Lee Richards gives 10 examples of things NOT to say to a fibromyalgia patient.
15 Sep 2015
How to Prevent Mental Health Problems? Begin at the Beginning With Infants and Toddlers
A new report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows a downward trajectory in severe mental health issues for children between the ages of 6 and 17. On the surface, this is good news. Yet on the flip side, the study also reveals a troubling pattern of young people without access to mental health treatments from which they can truly benefit.
15 Sep 2015
Battle of the sexes for dyspraxia campaign
This year's National Dyspraxia Awareness Week will focus on the "diagnosis divide" between girls and boys.
14 Sep 2015