IDA supports the Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN) - a network of indigenous persons with disabilities that was founded in May 2013 to promote the rights of indigenous persons with disabilities, reach out to new com
Read more: Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network
News from The European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
The proposal for a European Child Guarantee was published by the European Commission (yesterday).
The initiative recommends that Member States establish National Plans to improve access to key quality ser
Read more: European Child Guarantee – includes children living in institutions
Questions raised over use of do-not-resuscitate notices
From TFN website: 'A leading disabled organisation has called for a probe into the disproportionate number of disabled people who have died from covid.
'National statistics show that 4,333 people who were classed as disabled had died from coron
Read more: Call for top-level probe into deaths of disabled people during pandemic - UK
This video from Center for Inclusive Policy clarifies what the disability inclusive healthcare should cover and why.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRbKU7123Js
Center for Inclusive Policy here.
Includes discussion of tags, fingerprints, iris scans, smart homes and more.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission UK tells us what we need to know
They say: ‘If you are a worker concerned that your employer is committing breaches of equality and human rights law, you can report your concerns to us.
If the information you provide meets certain criteria, you m
Press release from The Disabled Children’s Partnership - a coalition of over 80 charities campaigning for disabled children, young people and their families:-
‘Our research has exposed the disproportionate negative impact of the pandemic on those we support. Half of parents are concerned
Read more: An appeal to UK government for a recovery plan for disabled children and their families
The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving some homeless or destitute
From Open Democracy press release: 'In some cases, cancer patients died without receiving the money they were owed. In others, disabled people failed to pay bi
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