Charging Carers For Support Puts Their Health At Risk, Says Charity
photo credit: MTSOfan via photopin cc A leading UK charity has condemned an increasing number of Councils who are charging carers for the support they receive.
30 Sep 2015
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Disclosing Dyspraxia
I got asked for some advice from fellow dyspraxic blogger and all round lovely person Natalie the other week, Natalie is about to start university in the next few weeks and is anxious about disclosing dyspraxia to other people on her course. This is going to be a very honest blog, if it's something which you think you could also share some advice about please do so and feel free to give some in the comment box below. Normally in my blogs I talk about dyslexia and dyspraxia, but I think it's important given the different level of awareness and understanding for this one it's going to be mainly a dyspraxic one.
26 Sep 2015
Just for Once….
So. Once again, the Government is pressing ahead with it's grand idea of saving money from the Welfare Budget. A laudable plan you may think. Well, not when it's at the expense of help for disabled people to have the ability to live independent lives.
26 Sep 2015
Blind teenager left in tears after being ordered to leave Liverpool city centre restaurant because she had guide dog with her
Yee Rah restaurant in Liverpool One.
26 Sep 2015
Disabled student wins £20k after university built library it knew would breach DDA
A university which built a library it knew was inaccessible in order to cut costs has agreed to pay £20,000 in compensation for discriminating against a talented disabled photography student.
25 Sep 2015
Confirmed! UN is investigating UK’s ‘grave violations’ of disabled people’s rights
The United Nations is carrying out an unprecedented inquiry into "systematic and grave violations" of disabled people's human rights by the UK government, Disability News Service (DNS) can finally confirm.
25 Sep 2015