picture of the week
MODEL ATHLETE
Disabled artist Simon McKeown is taking his installation Motion Disabled Unlimited to DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. The animation uses motion-capture sensors to show the movement of disabled athletes like sitting volleyball's Anton Raimondo. McKeown, a lecturer at Teesside University, will show his work alongside other international artists. Picture: Simon McKeown
the week: latest stories
Solar Centre scandal: Abuser was able to work for care agency
A nursing assistant accused of abusing disabled people at a day centre was able to work for a care agency for nearly a year, even though she should have been barred from all care … [Read More...]
Solar Centre scandal: Families back DNS call for inquiry
Families of disabled people abused at a day centre have joined Disability News Service (DNS) in calling for an independent inquiry into why it took six years to bring the … [Read More...]
Disabled people ‘are being forced to scavenge for food from supermarket skips’
Disabled people are being taught how to scavenge for free food in supermarket skips and dustbins because they can’t afford to feed themselves, as a result of the government’s … [Read More...]
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Activists demand ‘fight back’ against cuts
Disabled union activists began a new “fight back” against government cuts by flooding out of their annual conference and taking part in a protest that brought rush-hour traffic … [Read More...]
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Fighting talk could lead to direct action
Disabled union activists have used their annual conference to launch a fresh fight back against government cuts to disability benefits and services. The TUC Disabled Workers’ … [Read More...]
Campaigners ask: Just who are the Atos champions?
New “champions” introduced by the government to improve the treatment of people with mental health conditions and learning difficulties through the controversial “fitness for … [Read More...]
Court decision on WCA ‘vindicates’ fears and concerns of thousands
Disabled activists say the fears and concerns of thousands of people with mental health conditions have been “vindicated”, after a tribunal ruled that the government’s … [Read More...]
Care bill ‘is culmination of 25 years campaigning for independent living’
Disabled peers have welcomed the government’s new care bill, but have warned that passing the legislation will mean nothing without action to solve the social care funding … [Read More...]
Council’s residential care threat policy will go to judicial review
A disabled teenager has been given the go-ahead to challenge a cost-cutting local authority that is set to force more disabled people into residential care, rather than paying for … [Read More...]
Government admits there can be no PIP online applications
New fears have been raised about how disabled people will be expected to apply for a new disability benefit, after it emerged that the government is not offering a way to claim for … [Read More...]
Civil servants ‘forced to quit’ over ICT access ‘brick walls’
Disabled people who use assistive technology have been forced to quit their civil service jobs because of the government’s failure to deal with their access needs, Disability … [Read More...]
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