A girl of six born with one arm was finally able to open her own Xmas presents thanks to a 3D printed limb. Charlie Cousins lost her right limb in the womb due to a …
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£52 BILLION ON HS2 – OR A MORE DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE LONDON UNDERGROUND?
20 minutes off a trip to Birmingham or a more step-free London Underground? TFL (Transport For London) have announced that they’re introducing more step-free access but The London Underground is still mainly a ‘no no’ …
Continue readingSIDE BY SIDE – AN ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY INITIATIVE
‘Side by Side’ is a new Alzheimer’s Society service which helps people with dementia to keep doing the things they love and get out and about with the support of a volunteer. Like joining a …
Continue readingTHOUSANDS TO MISS OUT ON ESA BENEFITS?
Thousands of people claiming disability benefits could miss out on up to three years of backdated payments, despite the DWP (Department for Work and pensions) responsibility for the error. Work and pensions Secretary David Gauke …
Continue readingDO YOU KNOW WHO SPEAKS FOR YOU?
Here are the MPs who are the voices for disabled people. Are they are doing enough for you? We shall be asking all of them, in the New Year, to let us have their definitive …
Continue readingJUDGE RULES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS TO PIP PAYMENTS BREACH HUMAN RIGHTS
The High Court has ruled that Government changes to the disability benefit system ‘blatantly discriminate’ against people with mental health problems in breach of their human rights. The landmark court case, brought by a woman …
Continue readingSAMANTA BULLOCK – PROOF THAT A WHEELCHAIR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AN OBSTACLE
Samanta Bullock is an Ambassador for ‘Models of Diversity’ and Parallel London’. And we are delighted to welcome her to our site – and to share her future ‘blogs’ With a background in fashion, I …
Continue readingNICE IS LOOKING FOR LAY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) is currently looking for employees, as well as unpaid carers and advocates, to join the committee updating their guidelines. Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 9 January 2018 …
Continue readingINDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT
If you work as a healthcare professional then now is your chance to give evidence if you feel there is any particular part of the act that needs reform. To submit any evidence you need …
Continue readingMP WARNS OF LONELINESS ‘EPIDEMIC’
Labour MP Rachel Reeves is warning about the mental toll of loneliness in the UK. It comes after a year of research by the ‘Jo Cox Commission’ on loneliness. The Commission was set up to …
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