This week is sign language week in the UK. As debate continues about whether British Sign Language should be taught in schools, See Hear series producer William Mager reflects on what signing means to him. …
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This week is sign language week in the UK. As debate continues about whether British Sign Language should be taught in schools, See Hear series producer William Mager reflects on what signing means to him. …
Continue readingPeers will attempt to delay changes that would deny some people disability benefits after they were attacked by the Government’s own welfare experts. The fight against changes to Personal Independence Payments (Pips) – which will affect …
Continue readingRebecca Dann, the winner of “A World of Unfairness” said, “I was very nervous, but it was amazing just being in his presence. It didn’t feel real. We were presented to him as he …
Continue readingFrank Field. MP Labour Party Thank you for inviting me to contribute to Disability Talk. There are three main areas of the benefits system in which I think the Government could improve its current offer …
Continue readingIt’s very hard to get reliable data on the quality of life for disabled people. Particularly on a global scale. It’s partly hard to define ‘quality of life’, and mostly it’s hard to gather good …
Continue readingQ. How can we all help the most vulnerable in our society? “This is a local job. Councils should encourage good neighbour policies. I live in a fairly poor road in a rich area. If …
Continue readingThere’s very few emails I dislike receiving. I love my job! However there’s also only a few emails that I get extremely excited about. One of those such occasions was being invited to visit Mallorca …
Continue readingThe ‘Disability Power 100‘ list covers successful disabled people in politics, media, sport and entertainment. Produced by Powerful Media and sponsored by The Shaw Trust, it’s creating important discussions about being disabled in 2016. This …
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