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.
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.
A headset that talks visually impaired people around cities has been designed by Microsoft.
Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has announced that £1.2m will be invested in projects to support adults with autism.
The government is writing to a string of high street chains urging them to improve after a BBC London investigation revealed a "depressing" failure to accommodate disabled people.
Last year I went into a local NHS hospital for half a day for a small operation to have two of my wisdom teeth taken out. The nurse who met me to do my pre-operation assessment the week before was very understanding of my anxieties and she explained everything clearly that would happen while I would be in the hospital. She saw from my notes that I have a learning disability.
