Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show how government initiatives have failed to help sufficient numbers of sick and disabled people into work.
Disability charity Mencap branded Geoffrey Clarke's comments "abhorrent" after he claimed babies with such disabilities would be a "burden" if born
Roy Taylor has Motor Neurone disease, and is travelling in a four-wheel-drive wheelchair.
A councillor has been accused of claiming that a person with learning difficulties "shouldn't be voting".
Failure to consider dignity can be a breach of human rights Today in its ruling on the Mcdonald case (for background see http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/mcdonald-v-united-kingdom)
DVD LAUNCH: Pictured (left to right) are June Stubbs, co-ordinator of Middlesbrough Community Inclusion Service; Lynda Lord, Middlesbrough Community Inclusion Service; and Cleveland's Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger. A DVD highlighting the harrowing experiences people with learning disabilities have suffered has been launched to raise awareness of the problem.
