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We're launching a nationwide conversation to understand what matters to Disabled people today. We want it to inform our strategy and campaigning for years to come! 👇
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🚨NEWS 🚨
"One in four of us is Disabled. It’s time the UK government heard us"
Labour needs a new direction. Its first step must be to stop treating Disabled people as a problem to be managed - DR UK Head of Policy, Fazilet Hadi for @opendemocracy.net 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/uk-goverment...
📰 Read DR UK's response to the Young People and Work Report 👇
"We welcome the positive change in narrative that the Milburn Review has introduced. Young Disabled people should never be blamed for the ways in which the system fails them”
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/%E2%80%...
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
"The government’s reforms to the SEND system will violate Disabled people’s rights and worsen inequality, according to Disability Rights UK" - reported on by DNS 👇
The government is using the language of inclusion to justify cuts.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/send-reforms...
🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice
"We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights."
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
"I’m in the same job, I’ve got the same impairment, is it likely that my need for Access to Work support has changed? The answer is a definitive no."
DR UK's Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi speaks about her own frustrating experience with Access to Work 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/yet-ano...
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Such an important statement. Many identified the impact this would have on the disabled community, or people with intersectional needs. It all negates dignity and massively overestimates available facilities.
The suggestion trans+ people should “just use” accessible toilets harms both groups
Last year, we spoke to Paralympic champion Sophie Christiansen about the importance of access to sport for Disabled people from a young age, barriers she faced and disability community!
Listen here 🎙️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwr-8iTjpd8
Read here 🔍 getyourselfactive.org/story/our-in...
Labour needs a new direction. Its first step must be to stop treating Disabled people as a problem to be managed
The government’s reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system will violate disabled people’s rights and worsen inequality, according to a leading disabled people’s organi…
🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice
"We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights."
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
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