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DISABILITY TALK EXCLUSIVE! – £56BN HS2 .. THE MINISTER SPEAKS TO US

On November 26, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

We’ve never hid our dislike of the £56bn HS2 railway project arguing that the money could be better spent on making the whole rail network, including the London Underground, accessible to all. We shall be …

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ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY – THEIR ‘DEMENTIA FRIENDLY AWARDS’

On November 25, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

In 2013 the Alzheimer’s society launched their annual ‘Dementia Friendly Awards’. The awards celebrate individuals, organisations and communities leading and inspiring a change that will transform the lives of people with dementia forever, challenging misconceptions, …

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LADY GERALDINE – SCOTTISH MUSICIAN BORN PROFOUNDLY DEAF

On November 24, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

The life of Geraldine Elliott feels like a work of fiction, with every combination of heartache and achievement; it epitomises the strength of a woman who went from being profoundly deaf as a child, to …

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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD

On November 23, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

By Martyn Sibley Without technology I’d be screwed! This weeks video asks the question, what technology do you use to enable your life and career? To play the video CLICK HERE Obviously I use my wheelchair, …

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WHISTLEBLOWING FOR THE NHS

On November 22, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

More than 12,000 NHS cases have been referred to the national whistleblowing tsar in the past 18 months. Henrietta Hughes – National guardian for the health service. She stated that employees had reported twice as …

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A DAMMING INDICTMENT OF HOW THE UK TREATS VULNERABLE PEOPLE

On November 20, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Professor Philip Alston is the UN’s Special Rapporteur (2014 – 2020) and has recently visited this country. He is known as the UN’s poverty envoy. This is what he had to say. AUSTERITY “I am …

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RAISE AWARENESS, RAISE MONEY AND RAISE THE ROOF!

On November 18, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

The Mental Health Foundation have been working on something very exciting and are thrilled to announce the launch of MHF LIVE. It’s their brand new music fundraising initiative! Rita Ora “Please join me to raise money …

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DISABILITY AND MUSIC

On November 17, 2018 By Disability Talk In News, Featured

This Year’s 2018 Disability History Month will focus on Disability and Music. 22nd November through to 22nd December The organisation wants to explore the links between the experience of disablement in a world where the …

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EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS – DYSLEXIA WORKPLACE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS

On November 16, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Exceptional Individuals has outlined the ‘in-work’ support they offer Neurodivergent individuals. They state that if you are currently supporting or working with people who consider themselves as having Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD or an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and …

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TIME TO TALK DAY – THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2019

On November 15, 2018 By Disability Talk In News, Featured

Time -To – Change have announced that their ‘Time to Talk Day’ will take place on Thursday 7 February 2019. And they say that there are lots of different ways for you, and the organisations you …

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