disability

Government unveils ‘transformative’ £1.6billion disability strategy

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The Government has unveiled 100 immediate pledges to improve the lives and opportunities of disabled people in a landmark £1.6billion strategy that has drawn muted responses from charities. A public awareness campaign to dispel ingrained stereotypes and a taskforce examining the increased costs disabled people face are being promised in the cross-department disability strategy. The Government will also consult on whether to make it mandatory for employers with 250 or … Read more

Personal trainer with a fear of sweat has won a disability claim after refusing to pick up towels

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Personal trainer with a fear of body fluids has won a disability claim after refusing to pick up sweaty towels in the gym she works at Ali Burton, 27, works as personal trainer for a Nuffield Health club in West Sussex She suffers anxiety disorder ‘triggered’ by touching items with ‘hygiene issues Despite telling bosses … Read more

Personal trainer with a fear of sweat has won a disability claim after refusing to pick up towels

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Personal trainer with a fear of body fluids has won a disability claim after refusing to pick up sweaty towels in the gym she works at Ali Burton, 27, works as personal trainer for a Nuffield Health gym in West Sussex She suffers anxiety disorder ‘triggered’ by touching items with ‘hygiene issues Despite telling bosses … Read more

Heart-wrenching BBC documentary tells harrowing stories of disability hate crime in Britain

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Shocking footage shows a disabled woman being heckled by her neighbours as she is accused of being a benefits cheat in a BBC2 documentary which detailed the harrowing disability hate crimes in Britain.  Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime from Richard Butchins, which aired tonight, featured testimonies from a group of disabled people, sharing … Read more

Sophie Wessex makes flapjacks and creates Christmas decorations as she visits a disability centre

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Royal Star Baker! Sophie Wessex makes flapjacks and Christmas decorations on visit to a disability support centre Sophie Wessex, 55, headed to the Disability Initiative (DI) in Camberley today The mother-of-two was there to mark the World Day of People with Disabilities  She baked flapjacks and created Christmas decorations during her visit  By Claire Toureille … Read more

The Witches: Disability community slams Roald Dahl HBO Max remake

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Backlash against The Witches: Disabled people including Paralympians criticize remake of Roald Dahl classic over its use of split hands On October 22, HBO Max released The Witches – the second adaptation of Dahl’s famous novel after the hit 1990 film Stars Anne Hathaway as the evil Grand High Witch who is revealed to have … Read more

Roald Dahl’s The Witches remake is blasted for being ‘shockingly out of touch’ by disability charity

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The upcoming film remake of Roald Dahl’s The Witches has been accused of being ‘shockingly out of touch with what’s going on in the world’ by a disability charity for depicting villains with limb abnormalities. Concerned people flocked to social media to accuse the Warner Bros’ movie of stigmatising those with missing limbs by showing villains … Read more

The Witches: Disability community slams Roald Dahl HBO Max remake

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Backlash against The Witches: Disabled people including Paralympians criticize remake of Roald Dahl classic over its use of split hands On October 22, HBO Max released The Witches – the second adaptation of Dahl’s famous novel after the hit 1990 film Stars Anne Hathaway as the evil Grand High Witch who is revealed to have … Read more

Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff reveals she was on disability pension before fame

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Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff reveals she was on disability pension before finding fame – and says she’s been underweight most of her life By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:03 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 07:07 BST, 3 September 2020 Married At First Sight star Elizabeth Sobinoff has candidly spoken … Read more

Fury over NHS ‘coronavirus scoring system’ which ‘discriminates against learning disability patient’

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A controversial ‘scoring system’ used by the NHS to decide who receives critical care has been slammed over fears disabled people will be denied life-saving treatment. The ‘Clinical Frailty Scale’ (CFS) ranks patients’ frailty from one to nine and is designed to prioritise those most likely to recover from the killer virus. It has been implemented as … Read more