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 work with adults. Susan Murphy was found guilty on Friday (17 May) of 15 charges of ill-treating adults with learning difficulties, [...]

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 perpetrators to justice. Susan Murphy, aged 44, and James Hinds, aged 59, were found guilty last Friday (17 May) of a total of 25 charges [...]

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 cuts and welfare reforms. The workshops are being run in south Wales by members of the Disabled Activists Network Wales (DAN Cymru). The revelation came from [...]

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 to a standstill in London’s West End. Their conference had been addressed by Andy Greene, a member of the steering group of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), [...]

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’ Conference in London heard from a string of union delegates who spoke of the impact of the cuts on disabled people, and the need to defend their rights in [...]