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Post-Brexit: A United MS Community is the Only Way Forward

The recent UK Referendum vote to leave the European Union has caused great uncertainty for people living in the UK. There are many unknowns about our future, or how the UK's relationship with Europe will eventually look. It is extremely complex - many of us cannot begin to comprehend what it will actually mean, or understand the negotiations that need to take place. But I do know that for people like myself living with MS, it is crucial that the UK continues to collaborate with our European friends and partners.

14 Aug 2016

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What will it take?

Yesterday saw a complete and utter tragedy in Japan when a man decided to attack and slaughter nineteen severely disabled people in a care facility outside Tokyo for the despicable crime of - being disabled. That was it, they were disabled. A cowardly attack by what sounds like a disgruntled employee, perpetrated against people who were unable to defend themselves against his blows and slashes and murderous assault purely because, to his eyes, they were not worthy of life. He attacked and mutilated and killed at least nineteen people in a frenzied knife attack before going to a police station to hand himself in, allegedly stating as he did so: "It is better that disabled people disappear."

14 Aug 2016

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Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist

The Liberal Democrats are set to become the first political party to choose a candidate to fight a parliamentary seat from a shortlist containing only disabled people.

9 Aug 2016

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Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights

n 2017 the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be examining the UK's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

9 Aug 2016

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Drop in Access to Work numbers shows DWP ‘is strangling the scheme’

The government is facing calls for a "fundamental rethink" of its approach to Access to Work (AtW), after new figures showed the number of disabled people receiving support through the employment scheme fell last year.

9 Aug 2016

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New psychology building and the Centre for Applied Autism Research opened

The new 10 West building was officially opened on Wednesday 20 July by eminent psychologist Dame Vicki Bruce, an expert on human face perception and person memory. It provides space for the expansion of the Department of Psychology, including the new Centre for Applied Autism Research (CAAR), a new home for the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and a dedicated postgraduate study space on its upper floors.

8 Aug 2016

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Post-Brexit: A United MS Community is the Only Way Forward

What will it take?

Lib Dems set to choose Westminster candidate from an all-disabled shortlist

Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights

Drop in Access to Work numbers shows DWP ‘is strangling the scheme’

New psychology building and the Centre for Applied Autism Research opened

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