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Posts from the ‘DisAbility in the News’ Category

0April 24, 2024Covid Inquiry: Call For Examination Of Disabled People’s Experience

0November 10, 2023Covid Inquiry: Ex-Minister Challenged On Plan For Disabled People

0September 18, 2023Devon Man’s Guide Dog Attacked By Bully XL Dog

0September 6, 2023RAAC Concrete Cancels Disability Group’s Northampton Show

0August 10, 2023Mother Struggles To Access Sign Language Classes For Deaf Son

0January 9, 2023Coronation Street Star Cherylee Houston Returns To Filming After Long Absence

0December 22, 2022Man To Spend ‘Tough’ Third Christmas Shielding

0December 16, 2022Ukraine: Fleeing War, Seeking Refuge In Northern Ireland And Deaf

0November 22, 2022Cost Of Living: Disabled People At Breaking Point, Says MS Patient

1August 26, 2022‘Keeping My Disabled Son Warm Will Put Me In Debt’

1August 23, 2022Nicky Clark’s Delight As Emily’s Booster Jab Confirmed

0August 12, 2022Covid Booster Jab Wait ‘Horrific’ For Woman With Learning Disability

3July 12, 2022Family Of Woman With Down’s Syndrome Denied Intensive Care Seek Answers From Covid-19 Inquiry

0June 16, 2022National Deaf Children’s Society Urges NHS Trusts To Use Clear Face Masks

0May 11, 2022Alarm After EHRC Says Long Covid Should Not Be Treated As Disability

1May 3, 2022Energy Prices: Fears And Cutbacks As Hike Hits Disabled Families

1April 11, 2022Liz Carr Calls For Theatres To Host Facemask-Only Performances

0April 8, 2022Cost Of Living: ‘I Can’t Afford To Charge My Mobility Scooter’

0February 14, 2022Muckamore Abbey Hospital: My Brother’s 34-Year Wait To Leave

0February 1, 2022Covid Vaccines Offered To Vulnerable Five-To-11-Year-Olds In England

0January 6, 2022Guardian Letter On Masks In Classrooms

0November 26, 2021One Disabled Rape Survivor’s Story

0November 25, 2021100 People Held More Than 20 Years In ‘Institutions’

0November 16, 2021Many Tens Of Thousands Missing Out On PIP For Long Covid

2October 1, 2021Covid: Lockdown And The Cost Of Cancelled Physio Sessions

1September 29, 2021Energy Prices: Family Struggles To Meet Bills For Life-Support Sisters

0September 27, 2021Judge Issues Protest Warning As Paralympian Jailed For Plane Stunt

1September 23, 2021Holiday Homes For Disabled People Face Closure Due To England’s Vaccines Mandate

0September 8, 2021Disabled And Clinically Vulnerable Shut Out From Return Of Live Music And Theatre

0September 6, 2021Father, 86, Dies Trying To Rescue Disabled Daughter From Canal

0August 16, 2021DisAbled Soldier Wonders ‘Did I Lose My Legs For Nothing?’ In Afghanistan

0July 19, 2021People With Learning Disabilities In England ‘Have Eight Times Covid Death Rate’

2July 14, 2021Compulsory Vaccinations For Care Home Staff In England Backed By MPs

1July 14, 2021End To Covid Rules For England ‘Leaves 3.8m Vulnerable People Feeling Abandoned’

0July 6, 2021Long-Covid Benefits Timebomb

3June 21, 2021Contaminated Blood Inquiry: The School Where Dozens Of Pupils Died

0June 17, 2021Covid: Deaf Campaigner Takes Legal Action Over No 10 Briefings

0June 16, 2021Covid Vaccine To Be Required For England Care Home Staff

0June 11, 2021After A Year At Home, Children With Disabilities Deserve Priority Vaccination

0May 26, 2021Covid: Deaf Campaigner Calls For Clear Mask Research

0May 6, 2021Parents Of Disabled Child Win Fight Against UK Hotel Quarantine

0April 22, 2021Covid: Disabled Woman’s Family Hails Jo Whiley’s Vaccine Drive

1April 15, 2021Young Woman Left In Wheelchair By Endometriosis

0April 14, 2021‘Direct Discrimination’: Extremely Vulnerable Fans Barred From Carabao Cup Final

0April 13, 2021Visually Impaired Users Complain After Rail Websites Go Greyscale For Prince Philip

1March 29, 2021Coronavirus And Shielding: ‘I’ve Only Left My Home Five Times This Year’

1March 25, 2021Covid-19: 700 Special School Staff Given Priority For Vaccine

0March 24, 2021Liverpool’s Vaccine Clinic For People With LD

0March 23, 2021Covid: Blind Woman Forces Government Action In Shielding Case

0March 22, 2021Cladding Crisis: ‘I Feel Constantly Sick And Stressed’

0March 22, 2021Protect, Respect, Connect: The Full Report Into DNACPR During Covid-19

0March 18, 2021Blanket ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Imposed On English Care Homes, Finds CQC

1March 18, 2021DNR Orders Reviewed By CQC

2March 18, 2021Social Care Leaders Warn Of Funding ‘Cliff Edge’

0March 17, 2021BBC Young Reporter: ‘This Is The Real Tourette’s’

2March 15, 2021Covid: Judge Rules Man With Learning Difficulties Should Be Vaccinated

0March 11, 2021Cancer Patients ‘Lack Same Protection’ After First Jab Finds Small Study

1March 2, 2021Covid: People With Learning Disabilities ‘Left Behind’ By Needle Vaccine

0February 25, 2021Covid: Special School Teachers Angry At Vaccine Wait

2February 24, 2021Covid: 150,000 With Learning Disabilities To Be Prioritised For Vaccine

1February 23, 2021Face masks in classrooms “devastating” for deaf children

0February 23, 2021People With Mild And Moderate LD Are Added To #VaccinePriority Group 6 In Scotland

0February 23, 2021Covid-19: Manx Adults With Learning Disabilities To Get Vaccine Early

0February 22, 2021Hackney Has Started Dedicated Vaccination Events For People With LD

0February 22, 2021Covid 19 my vaccine experience.

0February 19, 2021Ian Rankin Hits Out At Lack Of Covid Jab Advice For People With Learning Disabilities

0February 17, 2021Frances Whiley: Another Sister Speaks For Her Brother With LD

0February 16, 2021‘Disturbing’ Hallucinations Increase During Lockdown For Blind People

0February 16, 2021Covid-19: Millions Of Asthmatics ‘Must Wait For Vaccine’

3February 15, 2021Fury At ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Notices Given To Covid Patients With Learning Disabilities

0February 15, 2021‘An Existential Threat’: Disabled And Chronically Ill Californians Criticize Vaccine Policy

2February 11, 2021ONS Reveals Shocking Stats On Disability, Covid And Death

1February 9, 2021Covid: Vaccine ‘Life-Changing’ For Doctor With Genetic Disorder

1February 8, 2021Tara Bostock’s Family Call For Research Into LD Covid Death Rates

0February 8, 2021Teacher With Tourettes Describes Distressing Vaccination Experience

0February 8, 2021COVID’s Disabled Victims | People And Power

0February 4, 2021Young Shielders: Covid Vaccine Is A Ticket Back To Normal

1February 3, 2021NI Special School Staff To Get #VaccinePriority

0February 2, 2021Mother Asks Victoria Derbyshire: Will I Ever See My Disabled Son Again?

0February 2, 2021Kellie Larkin

0February 2, 2021Covid: Powerchair Footballer’s Family Reunion Hopes After Jab

0January 25, 2021People On Carer’s Allowance Have #VaccinePriority

0January 25, 2021Learning Disability Vaccine Plea: ‘Don’t Leave Us To Rot’

0January 19, 2021Who’s Exempt From Wearing Masks?

0January 15, 2021Covid-19: Special School Staff Want Jab Priority

0January 11, 2021Olympic & Paralympic Athletes Face Vaccine ‘Moral Dilemma’ – Neil Fachie

1January 6, 2021Guide Dogs: Charity Calls For NI Exemption On New Post-Brexit Rules

0January 5, 2021Tommy Pilling, One Of Britain’s First Husbands With Downs Syndrome, Dies Aged 62

0January 5, 2021Covid Rules Leaving Visually Impaired People ‘Totally Disorientated’

1January 4, 2021Half Of Deaf Children Not Receiving Specialist Teaching Support In Pandemic

0January 4, 2021Learning How To Walk Again During The Pandemic Forced Me To Live In The Moment

3December 29, 2020Covid-19 Guidance For Blind People ‘Breaches Equality Laws’

2December 21, 2020Terminally Ill Woman Calls For Christmas Bubble Allowance

0December 16, 2020People With Learning Disabilities Should Be Prioritised For A Covid Vaccine

0December 16, 2020Medical appointments and COVID-19: Research reveals difficulties in arranging medical/doctor appointments during the Coronavirus crisis

0December 15, 2020Tully Kearney: Seven-Time World Champion “Shocked” By Wait For Vaccine Go-Ahead

0December 10, 2020Steve Thompson In Group Of Ex-Rugby Union Internationals To Sue For Brain Damage

2December 7, 2020Care Home Manager’s Petition Calls For #VaccinePriority For People With LD

0December 2, 2020Covid: Adults With LD ‘Miss Out’

0November 25, 2020Face coverings in Wales’ secondary schools could have serious consequences for deaf children