In 2019, one of our member groups, Disability in Wales and Africa (DWA), secured funding to carry out research looking at the barriers disabled people face in Wales, when trying to engage with the Wales Africa sector. The ‘Including Disabled People research’ was carried out by Dr Natasha Hirst and Dr Alun Hughes. The project […]
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Social Care Wales launch online resource on Direct Payments in Wales
This resource can be used by both practitioners and direct payments recipients to support good practice by giving access to essential information, case studies, data, and research. Available here: www.socialcare.wales/service-improvement/direct-payments-resource
Housing and Disabled People: Britain’s hidden crisis
Disability Wales welcomes the EHRC report today highlighting disabled people’s experiences of housing. Urgent action is most certainly required in Wales in order to make houses adaptable and accessible to disabled people. There are far too many examples where disabled people are unable to move around their own home due to its inaccessibility. This is having […]
