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			by  Mark Glasgow
                22 May 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, travel
Theresa May’s asbo overhaul misses the point | Katharine Quarmby
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alt="Theresa May’s asbo overhaul misses the point | Katharine Quarmby" class="image" width="200" /> A ‘Fiona’s law’ focus on antisocial behaviour will fail those who are deliberately targeted, especially the disabled The home secretary Theresa May is launching her criminal justice white paper , pledging to crack down on “yobs” responsible for antisocial behaviour against law-abiding individuals. It’s a populist “three strikes and you’re out” approach, with May pledging that police will be forced to act if they receive three complaints from one individual or five complaints from different homeowners about antisocial behaviour. 
 Tags: asbos, camden, family, local, police, president, travel, uk news

			by  Mark Glasgow
                21 May 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, lifestyle, Paralympics, sport, travel
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. On the other, the official rhetoric presents them as the heroes of the forthcoming London Paralympics. 
 Tags: a-already-has, demographics, disability, economic policy, feeds, government, health policy, mental health, Nature, numbers, paralympics 2012, sport, travel, uk news

			by  Mark Glasgow
                2 May 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, features, lifestyle, sport, travel
The trouble with mobility scooters
 Mobility scooters are big business – and they can transform the lives of people with disabilities. But their rising popularity in the UK is creating hostility, not least when able-bodied people use them as a cheap alternative to a car The TGA Supersport tends to be bought by people who were fond of motorbikes in their youth, and many of its owners know it affectionately as the Harley, because its high silver handlebars supported by chrome springs are immediately reminiscent of the brand. It’s a Hell’s Angels look for people with limited mobility
 Tags: country, disability, features, feeds, government, health, media, Nature, the guardian, transport, travel

			by  Mark Glasgow
                1 May 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, travel
How can it be right to profit from disability?
 Disability living allowance is being replaced with personal independence payment assessments, and private companies are queueing up to cash in The Department for Work and Pensions has just announced the 10 private companies on the shortlist to deliver the personal independence payment (PIP) assessments, which everyone receiving disability living allowance will have to undergo from next year when DLA is replaced by PIPs. 
 Tags: clare-allan, contract, contributions, disabled-people, ethics, outsourcing, personal, travel

			by  Mark Glasgow
                1 May 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, travel
How can it be right to profit from disability?
 Disability living allowance is being replaced with personal independence payment assessments, and private companies are queueing up to cash in The Department for Work and Pensions has just announced the 10 private companies on the shortlist to deliver the personal independence payment (PIP) assessments, which everyone receiving disability living allowance will have to undergo from next year when DLA is replaced by PIPs. With 3.2 million captive customers, not to mention a monopoly on all new claimants, it’s not hard to see the appeal of the contract for profit-hungry companies untroubled by the ethics of slashing 20% from the money provided to disabled people to help them meet some of the basic expenses that living with a disability inevitably incurs. DLA is far from excessive. 
 Tags: a-proven-track, benefits, british, contract, disabled-people, ethics, media, mental health, monopoly-on-all, norwegian, regarded-as-the, the guardian, travel

			by  Mark Glasgow
                23 Apr 2012                    1 Comment »     Filed under: disability news, travel
Benefit cuts: Atos in the frame to deliver new disability tests Ten of the UK’s biggest private outsourcing companies have been shortlisted to deliver controversial Personal Independence Payment health assessments – with one notable exception Who will deliver a 20% cut to the disability living allowance benefits bill? We now know the contracts will be shared among 10 private companies, including the controversial French firm Atos Origin, which has come under fire over its handling of incapacity benefit tests , known as the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). The shortlisted companies are effectively in the frame to compete for at least four regional contracts to assess people’s eligibility for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) – a new benefit which will replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in April 2013
 Tags: butler, contracts, editorial, employment, feeds, french, ingeus, ireland, jobs, London, north, origin, personal, travel, welfare

			by  Mark Glasgow
                19 Apr 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, travel
The Undateables: Channel 4′s ad campaign is cleared by watchdog
 TV show adverts prompted 21 complaints that they offended disabled people and encouraged bullying and stereotyping Channel 4′s ad campaign for controversial show The Undateables has been cleared by the advertising watchdog, despite more than 20 complaints that it is offensive toward disabled people and encourages sterotyping and bullying. The ad campaign for the show, which has been a hit for Channel 4 attracting almost 3 million viewers , featured photographs of people from the programme with the advertising strapline “Love is blind, disfigured, autistic … “. 
 Tags: campaign-for, council, disabled-people, guardian-news, gypsy-weddings, media, media-limited, news, society, the undateables, travel, undateables

			by  Mark Glasgow
                3 Apr 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, Paralympics, sport, travel
Quadriplegic man prevented from boarding train
 Geoff Holt was prevented from boarding a train by a guard who told him that his electric wheelchair would damage the floor The first quadriplegic sailor to cross the Atlantic solo has described his anger at being prevented from boarding a train by a guard who told him that his electric wheelchair would damage the floor. Geoff Holt, 45, told how he was left with “a sense of genuine rage” following the incident on the platform beside an Isle of Wight train, where he said that the guard suggested that he was a liar and cut his leg when he eventually threw down a ramp for him to board. The unnamed guard has now been suspended pending an investigation into the incident involving the Island Line’s three-minute Ryde Pier to Ryde Esplanade service, according to its operators Stagecoach Group . 
 Tags: british, events, floor, geoff-holt, incident, investigation, island, media, paralympics, sport, time, train, transport, travel, uk news

			by  Mark Glasgow
                28 Feb 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, travel
Bolton’s drive against disability hate crime goes national
 Conference in March will beat the drum for an energetic, pro-active approach to encourage disabled people to enjoy town centre life to the full Bolton’s I’m Not Laughing campaign against disability ‘hate crime’, which attracted a lot of attention when the Guardian Northerner featured it last year , is spreading its wings. The campaign launch, which was the subject of our post, was followed up efficiently on the ground, winning support from venues all over the town. 
 Tags: authorities, conference, council, disability, greater-manchester, guardian.co.uk, limited-or-its, media, pubs, town, travel, uk news, victoria, victoria-hall

			by  Mark Glasgow
                25 Jan 2012                    No Comments »     Filed under: disability news, features, finance, sport, travel
UK Uncut joins fight against welfare reform bill
 Tax avoidance group forges alliance with disability campaigners in marked strategic shift to stage day of mass civil disobedience The direct action group UK Uncut has joined disability activists to plan civil disobedience against the welfare reform bill in London this weekend, which they say will bring chaos to the centre of the capital. Saturday’s action, billed as “hugely daring and disruptive” , is a shift for UK Uncut from previous action against alleged corporate tax avoiders, such as occupying stores run by Vodafone and the Arcadia retail group. It is forming alliances with campaigners against specific spending cuts it views as being, in part, the direct consequence of reduced tax receipts
 Tags: a-message-from, benefits, business, disabled-people, finance, fuel poverty, news, philip-green, politics, poverty, poverty-action, tax credits, the guardian, travel, uk uncut

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