BBC Panorama films Whorlton Hall staff taunting, provoking and scaring vulnerable people
Month: May 2019
May 22, 2019 Its results day tomorrow, officially bringing to an end what is being called one of the closely fought, closely watched and most…
Madras High Court bench slams Medical Council of India guidelines as biased against disabled medical aspirants
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May 22, 2019 “Being Blind Need Not Destroy One’s Dreams”. Powerful words from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court slamming the new guidelines…
National Institute of Naturopathy and Birth Defects Childhood Disability Research Centre on Tuesday organised a workshop on ‘community-based interventions for children with disabilities’ to identify…
Health secretary ‘moved and appalled’ after report identifies dozens of people spending prolonged periods in isolation
Theatre’s role models for deaf children: ‘they need to think anything is possible’
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A new Horrible Histories show celebrates the achievements of deaf figures, while Mathilda and the Orange Balloon also makes creative use of British Sign Language
Chronic fatigue has left Amy Rosa ‘watching life through glass’. Her new show urges viewers to make vulnerability a radical act
NHS system for children with learning disability or autism is letting them down, says commissioner
Goa election officials, NGOs come together to conduct accessibility audit of polling booths
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May 20, 2019 Less than a month after voting ended in Goa’s two parliamentary constituencies, local election officials and NGOs have come together to undertake…
New metric will take account of ‘inescapable costs’ such as childcare, as well as savings