Characters with disabilities should be played by actors with the same disabilities. Source: TV needs to step up for people with disabilities – The Boston Globe
Category: Disabled Rights
Disability activist told to ‘remove trousers’ and leg callipers by airport staff – NZ Herald
Kuhu Das who wears metal callipers on her legs was shocked by the request. Source: Disability activist told to ‘remove trousers’ and leg callipers by airport staff – NZ Herald
The Forgotten People(podcast)
https://smeddum.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-forgotten-people-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Ekklesia | Charity takes legal action against DWP for disabled claimants’ arrears
Source: Ekklesia | Charity takes legal action against DWP for disabled claimants’ arrears
Welfare: Protest erupts over universal credit disaster | Morning Star
Source: Welfare: Protest erupts over universal credit disaster | Morning Star
‘Exhausted’ mum living in overcrowded home with disabled daughter suffering rare genetic syndrome faces eviction – Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exhausted-mum-living-overcrowded-home-12330017
Teaching union accuses government of mental health ‘betrayal’ – Channel 4 News
Source: Teaching union accuses government of mental health ‘betrayal’ – Channel 4 News
Monthly protest against harassing the disabled. Glasgow on Livestream
https://livestream.com/accounts/6163639/events/8135830/videos/172546932
Debut Novel about Coming to Terms with Dyslexia Earns Multiple Awards for Novelist Mary Avery Kabrich
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 26, 2018 “Once Upon a Time a Sparrow” is a fictional representation of the author’s experiences, as a young girl with reading challenges, and as an [ … ]
The DWP just won a court case literally allowing it to ignore disabled people’s human rights | The Canary
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/03/20/dwp-just-won-court-case-literally-allowing-ignore-disabled-peoples-human-rights/
Stephen Hawking was a ‘real figure of hope’ for people with disabilities
Source: Stephen Hawking was a ‘real figure of hope’ for people with disabilities
Framing the economy: how to win the case for a better system – New thinking for the British economy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/framing-economy-win-case-better-system/
‘Heartless’ Tories to remove disability vehicle from ‘utterly immobile’ man with advanced Motor Neurone Disease | Evolve Politics
A severely disabled man, who cannot leave his care home except in a specially adapted van, has been told he no longer qualifies for assistance with mobility and will have [ … ]
More than a million benefits sanctions imposed on disabled people since 2010 | Society | The Guardian
Source: More than a million benefits sanctions imposed on disabled people since 2010 | Society | The Guardian
The DWP just revealed it paid out £41m in bonuses last year. And that’s not the half of it. | The Canary
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/02/16/dwp-just-revealed-paid-41m-bonuses-last-year-thats-not-half/
Disability benefit assessors failing to meet Government’s quality standards | The Independent
All three private firms contracted to assess people for disability benefits are failing to meet the Government’ s own quality standards, leading to decisions being made based on inaccurate or incomplete assessments, new research shows. Source: Disability benefit assessors failing [ … ]
Love for art knows no boundaries – Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2018/02/12/love-for-art-knows-no-boundaries
Creative Scotland Reverses Cuts to Disabled Arts Bodies – bespoken
http://www.bespoken.me/m/discussion?id=6411014%3ATopic%3A65346