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Published in: Home: OpinionDisabled people’s independent living is under threat. We must fight for itCash-strapped councils may seek to put us in residential care to save costs, without regard for our wishes
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Published in: Home: AnalysisCost of living crisis could be fatal for people with serious health conditionsIncurable illnesses often come with hidden costs – and disproportionately affect the poorest in society
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Published in: Home: NewsUniversities ‘illegally hitting disabled students with extra housing costs’Exclusive: Students told openDemocracy of receiving unfair charges for adapted rooms or for carers’ accommodation
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Published in: Home: News87,000 people can’t keep up with care bills as cost of living soarsExclusive: 1 in 4 ‘chargeable’ care users sent reminders or warnings, and hundreds referred to debt collectors
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: 400,000 disabled people lose out on help to cut energy costsCharity slams government for showing “total disregard” as disabled people in England are cut out of free insulation scheme
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘Sex work is work’ say sex workers with disabilitiesSex workers with disabilities from the US, Canada and Ireland explain why they don’t wish to be ‘rescued’ and why...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionLabour won’t commit to helping disabled people live full livesKeir Starmer supported a radical plan that would allow disabled people to live independently – but only while he was...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureHalf of deaths among people with learning disabilities in England in 2020 were ‘avoidable’Father tells of son being denied ventilator as report reveals many of those with learning disabilities who died of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘My world became very small’: People with disabilities on life in lockdownAs the UK reopens, people with disabilities reflect on the difficulties of the past year, from increased health...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationSocial care at home – the forgotten emergency?Disabled people have seen their support cut or frozen as councils have used legal loopholes created by emergency...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Deaf community dreads the prospect of a second lockdownImagine the isolation of lockdown if you can’t use the phone
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWe cannot help you hereGovernments and international organisations need to pay special attention to the needs of refugees with disabilities...
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Published in: TransformationThe good thing about having a disabilityAccepting I was disabled was the first step in becoming a force for change for others, as a feminist, trade unionist...
