Angry disabled activists have launched a website to highlight the “shameful” failure to put access and inclusion at the heart of next year’s London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. They have focused their anger on the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who they say is painting an inaccurate and overly positive view of access in the [...]
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Jul 2011
Activists have attacked newspapers and the government over “appalling” coverage of the release of statistics on the number of people claiming out-of-work disability benefits. Their anger came as a committee of MPs criticised campaigning charities for not doing more to promote the “opportunities” offered by the government’s controversial reassessment of incapacity benefit claimants, and for [...]
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Jul 2011
For the full stories, click on the links The care regulator has defended the failure of its own inspectors to uncover evidence of serious abuse at a private “hospital” for people with learning difficulties. The Care Quality Commission faced serious questions this week after it published its report into alleged abuse at Winterbourne View, near [...]
The government’s commitment to supporting disabled people in employment has been questioned again, after a prominent disabled leader had his application for workplace support rejected. Jaspal Dhani, chief executive of the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC), has been told he is not eligible for funding from the Access to Work (ATW) scheme because he has [...]
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Jul 2011
Government figures have confirmed a dramatic slump in the number of disabled people granted funds to make their workplaces more accessible. Figures published quietly by the government this week show there were just 13,240 “new customers” helped by the Access to Work (ATW) scheme in 2010-11, compared with 16,520 the previous year, a fall of [...]
