Calls for radical overhaul of targets to reduce disability employment gap
MPs and charities are calling for more measures to break down barriers to employment for disabled people after a new report found the current national system isn’t working.
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Nearly half of disabled people say they feel excluded from society
Recent figures reveal that 49 per cent of disabled people feel excluded from society in their day-to-day lives. REPORT Disability charity Scope recently launched their…
Report reveals how families face significant barriers keeping in touch with children who have a learning disability living away from home
repoA new report, Keeping in Touch with Home, reveals the significant barriers families can encounter in trying to keep in touch with children in residential placements. The…
More than half of carers report bleak outlook for 2016 as new law not yet delivering promised improvements to their lives
Carers UK is calling for the Government, local authorities and health bodies to redouble their efforts to support England’s 5.4 million unpaid carers, as new…
Stop letting down disabled people! Revitalise responds to House of Lords report
National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has responded to today’s House of Lords report, “The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people” and echoed its call for…
Councils failing to make homes safe for disabled people
Nearly two thirds of councils are failing to complete home adaptations for disabled people within the one year legal limit Almost half of councils are…
EFDS latest report: Encouraging people to be ‘active together’
Disabled and non-disabled people will have more opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity together thanks to a new report issued by the…
4 in 10 children with autism illegally excluded from school
Four in 10 children with autism in England were illegally excluded from school during a 12-month period, according to a new survey carried out by…
“We cannot achieve development goals if one billion disabled people are excluded”
Leonard Cheshire Disability’s Young Voices tell their stories at the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities Major new report launched by young campaigners from…
Mayor’s record for disabled Londoners under scrutiny
Leading disability charities today warned that transport improvements for disabled Londoners could be put at risk because of funding cuts and reports of ticket office…
Disability hate crime victims “being let down”
Victims of disability hate crime are being let down by the criminal justice system, and progress to improve their experience of reporting offences has been…
Disabled children illegally excluded from school every week
Disabled children are routinely illegally excluded from school with a devastating impact on their education and mental health, according to new research from Contact a…
Thousands struggling to eat, wash or leave their homes
Take action to free the 100,000 disabled people imprisoned in their own homes New research exposes scale of Government’s social care crisis for disabled people:…