(transalted from Italian by Sophia Boccard)
Month: February 2019
Need to make Oscars more inclusive rises, honouring audio describers can be a start
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Oscars 2019 concluded last Monday. Talented artists and technicians from international cinema were honoured at the world’s most prestigious award ceremony. Even though there are…
Disability royal commission to be of similar size as child sexual abuse inquiry, says PM
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Sector asks governments to ‘put aside politics’ and support and fund inquiry
“How can you debar people with disabilities from entering the MBBS course?” This is the question put forward to the Medical Council of India (MCI)…
People with disabilities in the UK and US are less likely to have a job and when they do they earn less. It’s time this changed
The fit-for-work scandal
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After a picture of 64-year-old Stephen Smith’s emaciated frame went viral, the Department for Work and Pensions apologised for passing him fit to work. It was the latest example of how reforms to disability benefits are hitting some of Britain’s most disadvantaged people. The Guardian’s Patrick Butler explains how we got here. Plus: Polly Toynbee welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s move towards backing a new Brexit referendum
Today the Delhi High Court will hear the petition against the recent guidelines of the Medical Council of India (MCI) regarding the upcoming Postgraduate (PG)…
Accessible Voting mission under a cloud with key government body backtracking on promise to provide wheelchairs
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From Braille enabled voter cards, sign language training for poll officials to a dedicated portal to ensure greater participation, the Election Commission of India (ECI)…
The Britain’s Got Talent winner, who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice box in his standup act, talks about ditching his day job – and the thorny issue of being inspiring
Time and time again, a distortion that is not us appears in the mirror. We need our own voices