Care for people with learning disabilities 'failing', report says
People with learning disabilities in England are being kept in hospitals far from home for too long, a review says.
2 Dec 2014
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Care for people with learning disabilities 'failing', report says
People with learning disabilities in England are being kept in hospitals far from home for too long, a review says.
2 Dec 2014
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
This annual report, written by the New Policy Institute (NPI) for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, assesses the progress in tackling poverty and disadvantage across the UK The report focuses on money, housing, work, benefits and services, among other indicators.
2 Dec 2014
UK Disability History Month 2014- War And Impairment
Five years ago, London-based Disability Rights campaigner Richard Rieser had a brilliant idea. He created UK Disability History Month- a month of events to celebrate disabled people's lives and achievements while recognising the struggles we faced in the past. The Month runs from 22 November-22 December.
28 Nov 2014
Disability discrimination: 10 conditions employers might overlook
One of the first things that HR professionals, line managers and occupational health specialists should learn about disability discrimination is that the meaning of a "disability" under the Equality Act 2010 is much wider than the colloquial or dictionary definition of the word. We look at illustrations from the case law of the wide definition of a disability under discrimination laws.
24 Nov 2014
Microsoft headset to help blind people navigate cities
A headset that talks visually impaired people around cities has been designed by Microsoft.
24 Nov 2014