November 2011

Lord Low of Dalston has called on the government to halt its plans to axe the payment of the mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA) to disabled people in residential care. If plans to axe the payment were to go ahead, Lord…
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A team of horticulturalists with learning disabilities is to take a show garden to the Chelsea Flower Show in 2012. The team, plus volunteers and adults with learning disabilities from Furzey Gardens in Minstead, New Forest, will be guided…
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Three leading disability charities have agreed to merge to form Disability Rights UK. Radar, Disability Alliance (DA) and the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) have agreed to join forces following a year of negotiations and…
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Hundreds of representatives from theatreland came together recently at the ‘Autism and theatre: an industry inspiration day’ to discuss and learn about autism. The conference also sought to identify ways to help families, theatres and…
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