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Guide Dogs secures ‘shared streets’ court victory

05 Mar 2010

A disability charity has won a high court victory in its battle to stop a development in London’s tourist heartland that puts the safety of blind and partially-sighted p

Scooter users could be forced to take test and buy insurance

05 Mar 2010

The government could be set to force users of mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs to undergo training, take a test and buy insurance, following renewed safety concer

Campaigners say government must release work test figures

05 Mar 2010

Frustrated campaigners have called on the government to release crucial statistics about its controversial new work capability test.

New improvements to equality bill, but concerns remain

05 Mar 2010

New legal duties to provide accessible information should be a “major step forward” for blind and partially-sighted people and others with “print disabilities”, ac

Autism strategy savaged by campaigners over weak language

05 Mar 2010

The first national strategy on autism has been savaged by leading campaigners with autism for its failure to demand real change from councils and health trusts.

Disabled protesters march on Ofcom over ‘offensive hate language’

05 Mar 2010

People with learning difficulties have marched on the offices of the communications watchdog Ofcom in protest at its failure to condemn the use of offensive, disablist lan

Set-up of EHRC was ‘flawed and inefficient’

05 Mar 2010

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was “not ready for business” and should have delayed its launch in 2007 because of a “flawed and inefficient set-up p

ELECTION 2010: Lib Dems come up empty-handed on disability

05 Mar 2010

The Liberal Democrat shadow minister for disabled people has failed to lay out any of his party’s disability policies in a puzzling performance in front of a packed meet

ELECTION 2010: Tory shadow says new work support is key policy

05 Mar 2010

The Conservative shadow minister for disabled people has said that one of his key election policies will be how to get more disabled people into work.