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Creatives called to shift the dial on attitudes towards disabled people

Creatives called to shift the dial on attitudes towards disabled people

Disability campaigners are calling on the creative industry to take messaging and representation of disabled people seriously.

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Inclusive training provider named finalist in Great British Entrepreneur Awards

Inclusive training provider named finalist in Great British Entrepreneur Awards

Happy Smiles Training will hear result in November Grand Final

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Real Voices: A first-hand account of living in fuel poverty

Real Voices: A first-hand account of living in fuel poverty

In this Real Voices article, Anne shares her experience of being forced into fuel poverty with a disability.

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Public backs call to increase access to the arts for deaf audiences

Public backs call to increase access to the arts for deaf audiences

Check out this positive news story: according to a new poll, the British public are overwhelmingly in favour of putting on more captioned and subtitled performances and events for deaf people. The news comes as the arts charity celebrates Captioning Awareness Week, a campaign which will see theatres, museums and galleries hold captioned and live subtitled events throughout November.

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New service for disabled young adults

New service for disabled young adults

A Scottish charity has announced a new service to support disabled young adults to achieve their life goals

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Life-saving role for wheelchair-user Helen

Life-saving role for wheelchair-user Helen

A London woman has become the first wheelchair-user in the UK to qualify as both a swimming teacher and lifeguard.

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Disability passports help 95,000 get better support at work

Disability passports help 95,000 get better support at work

The Trades Union Congress and GMB trade union have launched a Reasonable Adjustments Passport that will help 95,000 people with disabilities in the South West who fall out of work or switch employers each year.

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Older people say don’t take away our window on the world

Older people say don’t take away our window on the world

Older people are campaigning to save their free TV licences because so many of them have a disability or very little money

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Categories EducationRecentWork

Include Us, say disabled people in education

Include Us, say disabled people in education

University and College Union’s (UCU) Disabled Members held a day of action to highlight the challenges and barriers faced by disabled people in education. The day marked the start of Disability History Month 2018 and campaigners went to Westminster to call for action on key issues affecting staff and students in education.

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