Letters: Bonuses, disability payments and real need
Restricting the disability living allowance (or the personal independence payment) to "those who need it most" must seem to many right now to be entirely reasonable. But this policy accepts that the 500,000 scheduled to be denied help, although not the people who need it "most", will nevertheless be genuinely "in need". Another blow...
Letters: Bonuses, disability payments and real need
Restricting the disability living allowance (or the personal independence payment) to "those who need it most" must seem to many right now to be entirely reasonable. But this policy accepts that the 500,000 scheduled to be denied help, although not the people who need it "most", will nevertheless be genuinely "in need". Another blow...
Letters: Special needs children have a right to inclusion
The "next steps" document on special needs education, following the Queen's speech, drives a coach and horses through the aspiration to inclusion ( Special needs kids deserve better than a rush to reform , 21 May). Parents have
The Paralympics show sport has woken up to disability, but not the politicians | Peter Beresford
It's as if some of our politicians want us to believe there are two disabled populations: one competitive, the other dependent This year looks set to highlight the contradictions facing disabled people in our society. On the one hand, they are facing increasing marginalisation and discrimination under "welfare reform" policy and public expenditure cuts....
Councils ‘failing to assess needs of carers of people with autism’
Survey finds four out of five carers have not been through assessment process that councils are obliged to provide Only one in five carers of people with autism have ever received the local authority assessment of their needs to which they are legally entitled, according to a major survey of carers' needs. Of more...
Parents to control special education needs budgets
Reform of SEN gives parents freedom to choose and forces joined-up planning by education, health and social care services Parents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities being the sole provider. In what the government described...
Treasury failed to test fairness of spending cuts, equality watchdog finds
Duty to women, disabled people and ethnic minorities ignored in coalition zeal, says Equality and Human Rights Commission The Treasury failed to consider how crucial policies would affect women, disabled people and ethnic minorities before the 2010 spending review, according to a report by the equality watchdog. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)...
