At-a-glance: UN disability treaty
The UN has agreed a new treaty giving greater rights to disabled people around the world.
30 Mar 2007
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UK to sign disability convention
The UK will be among the first 50 or so countries to sign a new United Nations convention giving greater rights and freedoms to disabled people. Disability minister Anne McGuire will sign the treaty at a ceremony in the General Assembly Chamber in New York. The convention is a first step in ensuring that disabled people around the world have the same human rights as everyone else.
30 Mar 2007
Government must take international lead on disabled peoples rights - Alexander
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Government's signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York today [Friday].
30 Mar 2007
Disabled girl in nursery dispute
A woman has withdrawn her disabled three-year-old daughter from a council nursery in Leicestershire because she wants a place nearer home. Naomi Spencer wants her daughter Chloe to go to Oakham in Rutland, only eight miles from their Melton Mowbray house. But council officers insist Chloe, who has cerebral palsy, should go to their specialist nursery 20 miles away.
30 Mar 2007
Blind football pair claim awards
England blind football duo Ajmal Ahmed and Tony Larkin were among the award winners at the npower Disability Sport Awards Evening in Birmingham. Ahmed won the Male Sports Personality award with Larkin taking the Coach of the Year honour.
30 Mar 2007
Drug-free therapy 'fights asthma'
A drug-free treatment has helped people control their asthma symptoms for up to a year, a study has found. Bronchial thermoplasty uses radio frequency currents to reduce the amount of smooth muscle in the airways, stopping the narrowing seen in asthma.
29 Mar 2007