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)
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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
Teaching union accuses government of mental health ‘betrayal’ – Channel 4 News
Source: Teaching union accuses government of mental health ‘betrayal’ – Channel 4 News
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 [ … ]
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
‘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
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 [ … ]