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Guide Dogs secures ‘shared streets’ court victory
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
Published by Federation of Disabled PeopleScooter users could be forced to take test and buy insurance
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
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
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
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’
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’
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
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
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.
