UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations have today launched a scathing report evaluating the government’s performance seven years on from a United Nations finding of grave and systematic violations of disabled people’s rights due to austerity and welfare reform. Kamran Mallick, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK said, “The evidence is clear, the situation has […]
Month: August 2023
Press release: Government hides from UN over treatment of disabled people
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability organisations have criticised the government’s decision not to give evidence to a United Nations inquiry as showing contempt for disabled people. The inquiry evidence session, taking place in Geneva on 28 August, is part of a follow up to the special investigation carried out by the UN’s committee responsible for the […]
Challenging Stereotypes, Changing Society: Disabled People and the Media
Hold the front page! Disability Wales Annual Conference and AGM is coming to Cardiff on Tuesday 17 October 2023. Join us at Glamorgan County Cricket Club and online as we consider the representation and portrayal of disabled people in the media. Over the years, news stories and media features about disabled people have seldom been […]
