Tea, smiles and empty promises – how families who have suffered because of Winterbourne View are raising awareness of the need for change (UK)

From Mary Spence at Challenging Behaviour Foundation:

To mark the ongoing failures and the anniversary of the Winterbourne View scandal, some families whose relatives were at Winterbourne View have come together to share their experiences in “Tea, smiles, and empty promises”, which will be ava

International Rett Syndrome Foundation’s New Center of Excellence Network

'Most local providers are not trained on Rett syndrome...'

From their website: The International Rett Syndrome Foundation is committed to advancing and expanding our community’s access to best-in-class Rett syndrome care. Toward that end, we are designating 15 partner clinics across the U.S. to our

Sleepwalking into a Surveillance State. Talk on video by Pippa King with implications for all of our children

Includes discussion of tags, fingerprints, iris scans, smart homes and more.

Click here to watch

Whistleblowing – You are a whistleblower if you are a worker and you report certain types of wrongdoing

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

Dreams of a Deafblind Person by Alex Garcia

I dream that one day... I will be "less" invisible for Humankind.

I dream that one day... Humankind will recover the patience it has lost.

I dream that one day... Humankind will recover its wisdom and will understand my communication.

I dream that one day... Humankind will be close again as in ancie

Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network

From website of International Disability Alliance (IDA) -

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

European Child Guarantee – includes children living in institutions

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

Call for top-level probe into deaths of disabled people during pandemic - UK

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