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Disability Rights UK mourns passing away of Lord Ashley of Stoke, formidable champion of disability rights
April 22nd, 2012
We at Disability Rights UK are very sad to learn that Lord Ashley has passed away. Liz Sayce OBE, Chief Executive, said: “Lord Ashley has been a formidable campaigner for disabled people and disability rights. As a deaf parliamentarian he transformed politics and placed disabled people’s right to choice and control at the very heart [...]
PRESS RELEASE: URGENT EXPANSION OF WORK SUPPORT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE REQUIRED
March 7th, 2012
Disability Rights UK [1] welcomes the Government’s acceptance of all the recommendations in the Sayce review [2] to transform the Access to Work programme [3] and the commitment to ring-fence the £300 million specialist disability employment budget. We believe that this is the best way to promote disabled people’s genuine participation in the nation’s workforce. [...]
News Release – Disabled people must be given right to support, says Disability Rights UK
March 1st, 2012
Disability Rights UK warmly welcomes the report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Liz Sayce OBE, Disability Rights UK Chief Executive, says: “The JCHR firmly asserts the [...]
