The Nova Scotia government is spending $29.5 million to build a new parking garage for the Halifax Infirmary. Natasha Pace Published Friday, November 1, 2019…
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The government is collecting feedback to develop legislation to reduce barriers for disabled people in B.C. Nick Eagland Updated: November 2, 2019 Olive Olajide describes…
Disability royal commission: girl with Asperger’s hid in garbage bin to avoid bullying
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First day of hearings told multiple instances of violence led to anxiety that affected 10-year-old’s walking and speech
Chandigarh railway station to be North India’s 1st to be accessible to visually-impaired people
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Bengaluru-based NGO Anuprayas and Northern Railways have come together to make Chandigarh railway station accessible to visually impaired people. This will make Chandigarh the first…
Letters Sun 3 Nov 2019 13.12 EST Last modified on Sun 3 Nov 2019 13.15 EST Rob Palk’s article (Now I fear the state more than poverty,…
Councils in England warn provision of home-to-school transport is under threat due to unsustainable costs
‘You say little, but your presence is immense. You reinforce the essential simplicities of life’
Karnataka High Court’s verdict against Air India for violating rights of wheelchair user cheered
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In July 2016, Dr Rajlakshmi, a wheelchair user and her mother Dr Sobha booked a conducted tour while travelling from Bengaluru to London in an…
Letters Fri 1 Nov 2019 13.51 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Nov 2019 13.53 EDT Campaigners for assisted suicide – or assisted dying as they euphemistically…
Report says mental health law is blighting rights of those with learning disabilities