Current campaigns – act now

Guest post from Fleur Perry. NHS Commissioners have authorised policies that could lead to Disabled people being permanently removed from their homes against their will. Could you help directly take on your local CCG in the courts to ensure that this never happens again?

Yesterday the Supreme Court delivered its judgement in the case of FirstGroup Plc v Paulley. The case is about how far bus drivers should go to enforce a right of wheelchair users to have a priority use of a wheelchair space.

In November the UN published a report which found evidence of grave and systematic violations of Disabled people’s rights by the UK government due to welfare reform. We are holding a briefing event in Parliament for MPs and members of the House of Lords to look at what they can do to hold the Government to account.

For UK Disability History Month, a guest post by Josh Hepple on the language of the social model of disability and why using the term ‘Disabled people’ is so important.