Support the ‘European Independent Living Day’ in May 2014
Defend Independent Living Rights Stop the Closure of the Independent Living Fund Stop Disability Cuts The European Network on Independent Living is calling on disabled people’s organisations across...
View ArticleAnthony Kletzander- Abuse of Human Rights: Dublin, Ireland
Anthony has the label of Autism, he does not use the spoken word but he is able to communicate very effectively through typing on his light writer. Anthony’s struggle for independent living highlights...
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Beautiful Democracy- a short film from Spain
DPAC were sent this by terrorismodeautor English sub-titles should play automactically. Full transcript also below video Beautiful democracy… How did you reach the peak of your lowness? Flying too...
View ArticleBelgium Vote Yes on Euthanasia for Minors
In a shocking development Belgium came a step closer granting the right to die for children and babies in the Belgian Senate committee on Wednesday 27th Nov. The panel voted 13-4 to allow minors to...
View ArticleAtos, KPMG and the NHS. Be afraid. Be very afraid
In 2005 I had been a retired philosophy teacher in the Netherlands for several years. Pensioned civil servants were entitled to a rebate on their medical costs. It wasn’t much, but I liked this...
View ArticleSummary of Secret Correspondence from the DWP to McVey on the ILF Closure
In the court case taken by five disabled people against the proposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) , and supported by a campaign led by DPAC and Inclusion London certain documents were...
View ArticleEffect of the Crisis on Disabled People :Europe and Writing to your MEP
11 March 2013 – On 7 March, the Conference of Presidents[1] agreed to place an oral question on the impact of austerity on the living conditions of disabled people on the agenda of the European...
View ArticleWhat the Steering Group and co-founders are doing in the next few weeks.
We often don’t get a chance to let people know what we do other then our street protests and direct actions so we thought you might all be interested in what we’re all going to be doing over the next...
View ArticleScapegoats, Sinners and Political Strategies: the media and disability cuts...
In March 2011 I wrote about the ways media portrayed disabled people at a time of punitive cuts to disabled peoples’ social and financial supports. ….a range of false accusations against disabled...
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