Global Action to Combat Negative Attitudes to Intellectual Disability
Publication date: Apr 10, 2015 02:32 PM
15 May 2015
Publication date: Apr 10, 2015 02:32 PM
Martin is a big Manchester United fan, along with his three boys. His eldest son Jordan uses a wheelchair and attends one of Scope's schools. Martin writes a blog called United Discriminates, and has shared his story as part of our 100 days, 100 stories campaign.
A judicial review has ruled that the test used to decide whether people are fit for work actively discriminates against the mentally ill.
The United Nations has launched an investigation into whether Iain Duncan Smith's disability benefit changes have led to "grave or systemic violations" of disabled people's human rights.
A London council is being sued for failing to ensure a polling station was accessible to people with disabilities.In the first case of its kind in the UK, Adam Lotun, a wheelchair user, is claiming his human rights were breached because he could not vote last year.
The United Patients Alliance seeks to advance legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions and we wish to see medical cannabis reintroduced into the British Pharmacopoeia.