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New guide to UN convention on disability rights - but will they be implemented in the UK?
22 July 2010From the Mature time:- A new guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRDP) has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission 19/7/10.http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/publications/uncrpdguide.pdf
£21m revamp for rail stations through funding from the Wales Enhanced Station Improvement plans scheme
22 July 2010A multi-million-pound investment in train stations across South Wales will be announced today. The £21m funding for the stations in the Valleys is being made under a Welsh Assembly Government scheme called the Wales Enhanced Station Improvement plans
British Sign Language interpreters to be on hand at the National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale
22 July 2010
BRITISH Sign Language interpreters will be at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for the first time in its history at the Ebbw Vale event.
The ground-breaking announcement was made possible thanks to a partnership between Blaenau Gwent Council and the Welsh Assembly Government’s Heads of the Valleys programme.
Cameron’s Big Society ‘Must Include Disabled People’
22 July 2010Prime Minister David Cameron has launched his ‘big society’ drive to empower communities, and enable groups to run post offices, libraries, transport services and shape housing projects.
Disability Wales Board Nominations 2010
15 July 2010 If your organisation wishes to make any nominations, please ensure that your forms are completed and signed, that you have informed your nominee(s) and they also complete, sign and return their candidate information and acceptance forms by the deadline.DW's Response to the Adult Social Care Law Reform Consultation
30 June 2010 DW have submitted a response to the Law Commission's Adult Social Care Consultation.Responsibility, freedom, fairness: DLA Budget announcement
22 June 2010Government will introduce changes to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and introduce a mandatory medical assessment. All new and existing claimants will be required to have a medical assessment from 2013-14.
ILF halt new applications - Disability Wales statement
18 June 2010 Disability Wales has learnt through a press notice that the Independent Living Fund (ILF) will not be accepting any new applications or making any further awards for the remainder of the current financial year.Blind groups welcome taxi driver's 'no guide dog' fine
09 June 2010Blind charities have welcomed the conviction of a taxi driver who refused to take a passenger with a guide dog.
National Assembly support DW's Independent Living NOW! Campaign
04 June 2010 On 12 May Mark Isherwood AM (Shadow Minister for Social Justice & Housing) introduced an opposition debate in the National Assembly which resulted in a unanimous cross party vote in favour of the motion that: "The National Assembly for Wales supports the principles of Disability Wales 'Independent Living Now Campaign for Wales’ and recognises the positive contribution the campaign will make in advancing the Social Model of Disability which has been adopted by the Welsh Assembly Government.Parent of disabled child confronts David Cameron on inclusive education policy
29 April 2010 Jonathan Bartley confronted the Conservative leader with his son Samuel as he left an event in South London.Disability Wales Petition for a National Strategy on Independent Living
28 April 2010DW announced at the launch of the Independent Living NOW! Campaign on 28 April that a petition for a National Strategy on Independent Living is available for signing on the National Assembly for Wales website.
European Network on Independent Living - World Health Day press release
07 April 2010 ENIL calls for an end to Death by Social Indifference World Health Day, 7th April 2010 Widespread views of being of little economic or social value to society are disabling people with perceived impairments far more than any individual medical issues.Disabled man 'attacked in street' in Aberdare
04 April 2010A mother says she thought her disabled son was going to die after an "unprovoked attack" on a night out.
Planning for Inclusive Access in Wales
31 March 2010Disability Wales/Anabledd Cymru is delighted to announce a new initiative to address how the planning process can secure disabled people’s access to the built environment, following the award of a grant from the Welsh Assembly Government Advancing Equality Fund.
ILF change priorities
24 March 2010 The ILF are changing thier priorities from May 1st and will no longer be accepting applications from people who are unemployed or work less than 16 hours per week.Independent Living NOW! launch event
24 March 2010 The launch of DW's Independent Living NOW!Seriously ill and disabled people pushed into seeking work without any help or support - says new report by Citizens Advice
23 March 2010A report launched today by national charity Citizens Advice, and supported by eighteen other organisations, highlights grave concerns with how sick and disabled people are being assessed for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Advocacy Campaign
17 March 2010RNIB, Sense, Radar, RNID and Leonard Cheshire Disability launched a joint advocacy online campaign in order to challenge the position adopted by the UK government in recent EU-level negotiations on two key disability issues
Petition for the continuation of Wayfinder GPS for blind and visually impaired people
11 March 2010Released in April 2007, Wayfinder Access was the first GPS application that was accessible for blind and low vision users on their mobile phone
