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We are right to fear proposed changes to the disability living allowance | Declan Gaffney
The reform process has been amateurish and high-handed: a review is the only way to rebuild confidence in government policy Last week’s hat-trick of government defeats in the House of Lords debate on the welfare reform bill has stoked public interest in changes to disability benefits. On Tuesday the debate will move from
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We are right to fear proposed changes to the disability living allowance | Declan Gaffney
Autism to be Brought into NI Mainstream
Dominic Bradley
Northern Ireland’s 30,000 people with autism will see improvements to the way they are treated, if new legislation is passed.
Proposed reforms would ensure that autistic people in Northern Ireland are included in disability legislation and that comprehensive services are provided to them and their families from their earliest years through the course of their lives on a cross-departmental basis.
SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley, who chairs the all-party Assembly group on autism, is piloting the Autism Bill Northern Ireland through the Assembly.
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Emergency Budget Faces Legal Challenge
The Coalition Government will be forced to defend its Budget in the High Court later, against claims it broke equalities law.
The Fawcett Society is seeking a judicial review, arguing that ministers failed to consider the impact of tax and welfare changes on women.
The women’s rights group says £5.8bn of the £8bn savings outlined in June’s Budget would come from women – and its case is being supported by Labour.
Source: BBC News
Right-to-Die Bill Rejected
Margo Macdonald
The Scottish Parliament rejected new laws giving terminally ill people the right to choose when to die, despite claims they are widely backed.
The End of Life Assistance Bill, brought forward by independent MSP Margo MacDonald, who has Parkinson’s disease, was defeated by 85 votes to 16, with two abstentions.
The rejection of the bill came after Lord Falconer launched an inquiry into assisted dying in the UK, insisting it would be “an objective, dispassionate and authoritative analysis of the issues”.
Source: BBC News
‘Motivation Not The Problem’ for Disabled Unemployed
Disabled people do not lack the motivation to work, but lack the support needed to do so, according to national disability charity Scope.Equality Act Knowledge Gap Must Be Addressed
Disabled people must be more aware of their rights under the Equality Act 2010 if the new legislation is to be a success, according to Leonard Cheshire Disability.
The Equality Act replaces the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and makes some key improvements to disabled people’s rights in areas such as employment and access to goods and services.
Leonard Cheshire Disability is calling on Government to ensure the right support and information is made available to disabled people so that they understand what the new law means for them and how they can use it to defend their rights. (more…)
