News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Report in the Lancet

Musculoskeletal conditions are the greatest cause of disability in the UK according to a report published in The Lancet on 5th March 2013. A landmark study of the burden of all diseases (The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010) provides indisputable evidence that musculoskeletal conditions are an enormous and increasing problem in the UK as well as globally and, Arthritis Care believes, need to be given the same priority for policy and resources as other major conditions like cancer, mental health and cardiovascular disease.

11 Mar 2013

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Making transport more accessible to all

Issue Transport should be easy for everyone to use. Making sure that access to buses, coaches, trains and taxis is hassle-free for all will reduce the number of car journeys and therefore help to reduce carbon emissions.

NBMP

by Norman Baker MP

11 Mar 2013

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ESA SOS- The Starting Gun #esaendgame

Cross posted from here by request of Sue Marsh. Please RT share share share.

11 Mar 2013

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Cardiff University study finds disabled people twice as likely to be violently attacked at work

A Cardiff University study has found disabled workers are twice as likely to be attacked Researchers at Cardiff University and Plymouth University have published the results of a study which suggests that disabled people are more likely to receive unfair treatment from colleagues and bosses at work, and are twice as likely to be the victims of physical violence.

9 Mar 2013

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Disability Rights: Neil Burden, Second Cornwall Councillor To Say 'Too Many Disabled Children Who Cost Too Much'

Neil Burden is an independent councillor Another councillor in Cornwall is facing a backlash after saying there were "too many disabled children" and referring to a disabled child who had died as "it".

FAM

by Felicity A Morse

9 Mar 2013

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Diabetes cases in UK hit high of three million

Three million people in the UK have now been diagnosed with diabetes, says charity Diabetes UK, which warns this new high could create a huge burden on the NHS.

9 Mar 2013

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Report in the Lancet

Making transport more accessible to all

ESA SOS- The Starting Gun #esaendgame

Cardiff University study finds disabled people twice as likely to be violently attacked at work

Disability Rights: Neil Burden, Second Cornwall Councillor To Say 'Too Many Disabled Children Who Cost Too Much'

Diabetes cases in UK hit high of three million

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