Disability Talk

NHS call centres are being swamped by people with mental health problems, taking one plea for help every three minutes. Figures show that 999 and 111 jointly had 181,272 such calls last year – up …

Airing late August Holby City is dedicating a whole episode to the subject of mental health. Much of the action in the show will take place on the roof of the fictional hospital, as one of the …

By Sylvia Mac In July I joined a large group of people for a Body Positive Catwalk led by America’s Next Top Model runner-up Khrystyana. I came across Khrystyana via Chloe, a model from my photoshoot …

Two Cabinet Ministers, Two Shadow Cabinet Ministers and Nine MPs are now #ALLin Ambassadors. And with British and Hollywood Actresses also joining our movement we are on the move! Our aim is to become ONE million …

Although the Government’s u-turn to pay back benefits (it had said earlier it wouldn’t) has been welcomed there is still criticism that it was only court action that forced through this initiative. Initially, the government …

A new 4 million euros fund, led by the British Council, will help disabled theatre and dance artists advance their careers internationally. This professional development initiative, called ‘Europe Beyond Access’, has been granted 2 million …

Disability Rights UK are disabled people leading change and they are looking for new Trustees to join their board from January 2019. Trustee elections will take place on 6 November 2018 at the organisation’s General Meeting. …

The UK has a persistent disability employment gap which is currently over 30 percentage points. This gap, although showing some improvement, with an increase of 595,786 EA disabled people being employed, is still stubbornly high. …

THE GOVERNMENT’S OWN ADVISERS! In 2016, The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) sent its advices to the Department of Transport. The committee’s chairman, Keith Richards, wrote; “We question how older and disabled people, and particularly those …

The *Special Rapporteur (definition explained later) would like to invite all interested individuals and organisations in the United Kingdom working on issues related to poverty and human rights, including representatives of civil society organisations, experts …