Assisted dying debate terrifying for disabled people, says actress Liz Carr
As legal assisted dying receives more support, the actress expresses deep concern for disability rights. Source link
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PIP: Disabled people face end to monthly benefits cash
Disability payments that help with extra living costs could be scrapped in favour of more tailored support as the government looks at overhauling the benefits system Proposals include disabilities. Source link
Covid Inquiry: Call for examination of disabled people’s experience
Peter Livingstone hopes the inquiry will look at how people with disabilities coped in the pandemic. Source link
Public spaces should be accessible and disabled friendly: Bombay High Court
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file a detailed affidavit on the steps taken to make Mumbai’s footpaths accessible for the specially-abled. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra K. Upadhyaya and Justice Arif S. Doctor was hearing a suo … Read more
Disabled people left as 'collateral damage' in Essex contract row
Money used to care for disabled people disappears amid a dispute between a council and payroll firm. Source link
Disabled powerlifter unable to open own front door
Presenter Matthew Basset explores if enough has been done to help disabled people live their lives. Source link
Second contempt petition in Orissa High Court as government fails to make Puri Jagannath temple disabled friendly
A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent disability right activist and a quadriplegic himself filed a second contempt petition in Orissa High Court following State government’s failure to provide wheel-chair bound devotees access to 12 th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, despite the court twice ordering to … Read more
Livvy Haydock: ‘Disabled gangsters supported me with my MS diagnosis’
After a call from a neurologist confirming Livvy did have MS, she was told she would receive another phone call, within the week, to plan her treatment. But weeks passed and no phone call came, all while she was trying to hold it together. “It was like I’d been given a grenade,” she says. Source … Read more
KCR trying to form a ‘weak and disabled’ govt. at the Centre: Tarun Chugh
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, Union Minister Kishan Reddy and State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar at a meeting in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and others are joining … Read more
PA shortage leaves disabled people ‘stuck at home’
A lack of personal assistants is leaving some disabled people housebound, a charity has warned. Source link