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Disability charity appeal to help with funding for Elfin the Shetland pony
Monday, January 27, 2014
According to the Daily Echo a new member of the therapy team has joined Dorset disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus. Elfin the Shetland pony is now working with children and adults with profound physical and learning disabilities across the county, and the charity is asking for help from the public to keep funding the therapy. Five free coffee time chats
Sunday, January 26, 2014
You can try before you buy AccessChamp by downloading up to five free coffee time training chats. They cover areas like the business case, the facts and figures; how to guide a blind person; learning to identify a deaf person; Fire, creating a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan; Alarm cords, why are they so important and the need for them to swing free and stretch to the floor. World Travel Market blog puts forward the three 'O's of accessibility
Saturday, January 25, 2014
A recent blog on the World Travel Market website suggested there were three stages for the accessibility market. AccessChamp calls them the “Three principles of O”. Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Friday, January 17, 2014
The boss of Teesside's biggest taxi company has revealed the firm will no longer transport disabled passengers following a row over pricing reports
Deaf prisoners sue, claiming rights violated
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Two US prison inmates, one deaf, one hearing impaired, are suing the Kentucky corrections department, claiming that they are being discriminated against because the department is not providing the
The Wolf of Wall Street attracts new complaints from disability groups
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Martin Scorsese's epic account of stock trading excess starring Leonardo DiCaprio under fire from disability-advocate organisations for mocking cerebral palsy
Police fail again on disability hate crime
Friday, January 10, 2014
Another police force has admitted failing to treat repeated, targeted, violent offences against a disabled person as disability hate crimes reports
Doubt cast over accessible transport progress report
Thursday, January 9, 2014
The Disability News Service website reports that a Government progress report paints fa
Criminal law ‘could be next weapon in bus access war’
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Bus-drivers who prevent wheelchair-users travelling on their vehicles are potentially committing a criminal offence and should be prosecuted, according to a disabled campaigner.
Disabled? Sorry, Christmas is CANCELLED
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
When Sophie Morgan wanted a night at the Ritz, she couldn't even get in through the door... but it was far from the worst culprit