Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says
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Deaf people’s linguistic culture is being allowed to disintegrate | Sarah Ditum
Listen When I was a kid, I used to play at being deaf by covering my ears. Obviously, this was not a very satisfactory approximation of the deaf experience, and I didn’t really have an inkling of what it meant to be deaf until I shared a car with a hearing friend who works as...
Put disabled people in charge of benefits assessments | Julie Fernandez
Listen Amnesty International has recently passed a resolution condemning attacks on the human rights of sick and disabled people in the UK. One of the ways our rights are being challenged is the manner in which the government is trying to force disabled people into work. It’s a black mark on a society when its disabled residents...
Facing blindness by seeing the funny side
The prospect of going blind isn't funny, but – as I've learned from those who know – not taking it too seriously could help me cope with my sight loss What would you do if you were told you were going blind? Quit your job, cut loose and rush to live out your most...
Disabled woman died after NHS blunders, ombudsman finds
Mother and charity claim doctors provided inadequate care because of attitudes based on woman's disabilities A catalogue of mistakes by an out-of-hours GP service and a hospital contributed to the death of a young woman with physical and learning disabilities, the NHS ombudsman says on Tuesday in a highly critical report that has led...
