Victory in station access battle
A railway station now has disabled access to its southbound platform after a 10-year-long campaign.
5 Feb 2008
News
Charity ride father loses benefit
A father said he has lost a disability benefit after doing a 200-mile sponsored bike ride for the cancer charity which helped his twin sons. Danny Johnson-Green, 25, from Leicester, said his monthly payments of more than £300 were stopped and he was ordered him to repay more than £2,500.
5 Feb 2008
New research reveals thousands of adults with autism are isolated and ignored
The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new report which reveals that nearly two thirds (63%) of adults with autism in England do not have enough support to meet their needs. Based on the largest ever UK survey on the experiences of adults with autism and their families, it reveals for the first time the miserable daily reality for many thousands of adults with autism who feel isolated and ignored, are unable to access the required support, and are often completely dependent on their families.
5 Feb 2008
Drive to stop blue badge misuse
A major crackdown on the fraudulent use of disabled parking badges in a Sussex city has started. Police and parking attendants will be mounting patrols across the Brighton throughout February to target the illegal use of blue badges.
4 Feb 2008
Store warns over parking spaces
Supermarket Asda is to penalise motorists without a blue badge who park in spaces for disabled drivers.
4 Feb 2008
Taunted man needed stitches
A man with learning difficulties needed hospital treatment after being taunted and assaulted by a group of up to 15 children at Newbury train station.
4 Feb 2008