If you are disabled and want to work are you getting the right amount of information and advice at your local Job Centre? Obviously, we hope the answer to this is ‘you are’ – but …
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SUPPORT OUR ‘STEP FREE RAIL’ CAMPAIGN
We acknowledge that most of our rail network (Overground and Underground) was built at a time wen the needs of disabled people were simply not considered. But when you read of the relatively small amounts …
Continue readingPERFECTION IS STAGNATION!
By guest contributor Martyn Sibley “Happy New Year to you all! I hope the festive break was relaxing, fun and rejuvenating”. “I had a huge realisation over the festive period that I want to share. …
Continue readingOUR #ALLin MOVEMENT: NOW TRULY INTERNATIONAL!
Our thanks to Hollywood Actress Eileen Grubba together with Hollywood Actor Paul Ford who have been tireless in their efforts in promoting the #ALLin Movement in the United States. The movement has now featured in a major US National Magazine …
Continue readingTHE INCREDIBLE YEAR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES
Diabetes is rarely out of the news as lifestyles come under increasing investigation. So let us look at a leading UK Diabetes charity to see what successes they achieved in 2018. For more information about Disablity …
Continue readingMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
We asked the Mental Health Foundation a number of questions relating to mental health issues. They are shown below and have been given to us by their Associate Director, Dr. Antonis Kousoulis. Q) Mental health …
Continue reading£40 MILLION SUPPORT FOR LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED DISABLED PEOPLE
Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, has launched a £40 million personalised support package for long-term unemployed disabled people. Stating that, “Disabled people will be able to work with a dedicated …
Continue reading15,000 DIE BEFORE GETTING THEIR SHARE OF THE ESA UNDERPAYMENTS!
Earlier this year, a report by the ‘National Audit Office’ and a ‘Public Accounts Committee’, estimated that 70,000 disabled people had been underpaid ESA following their immigration from incapacity benefit. This was due to the …
Continue readingUNITED AGAINST DEMENTIA – NIGEL’S STORY
Our thanks to Alzheimers Society for the following story. Nigel Hullah in Swansea has had enough of his human rights being ignored since his dementia diagnosis. “You not doing me any favours”, he says, adding, “it’s the …
Continue readingDISABILITY TALK WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL ITS SITE VISITORS, AND CONTRIBUTORS, AT THIS SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR
All the media tell us that this is time of year to be Merry and Jolly. Happiness guaranteed! Anybody seen anyone in a Xmas advert who is sad? Thought not! So, at this time of …
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