How do you measure influence? Now the process of collecting the names of the most influential disabled people in the UK is under way, it is time to begin fine-tuning exactly what we mean by influence and how we can measure and compare it. But The List will only mean anything if disabled people themselves [...]
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Apr 2013
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Apr 2013
People with learning disabilities really want to work, but we don’t all want to work in supermarkets. We can do more than just stack shelves. But sometimes we feel we don’t get a choice. The three of us all work or volunteer for the charity CHANGE. We believe in proper paid jobs and a proper [...]
It’s fair to say that we at Disability Matters UK have set our stall out with a big ambition: to unite with others to create an inclusive society that recognises, supports, encourages and celebrates the contribution sick and disabled people make to society. Quite how we get there will be an interesting journey. We know [...]
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Mar 2013
What was most shocking about David Cameron’s defence of the “bedroom tax” and its impact on disabled people – at prime minister’s question’s this week – was that he seemed to believe what he was saying. It was deeply unnerving to watch our prime minister defend the indefensible, and to do it with the conviction [...]
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Feb 2013
How do you measure influence? Now the process of collecting the names of the most influential disabled people in the UK is under way, it is time to begin fine-tuning exactly what we mean by influence and how we can measure and compare it. But The List will only mean anything if disabled people themselves [...]
