AbilityNet has created a series of free webinars for employers, HR professionals and employees to understand how technology can help disabled people in the workplace.
‘Off Balance: parents of disabled children and paid work’ was published by Working Families in January 2015.
Scope’s video features people from the disability community talking about the social model of disability and why is it important to them.
On 18 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a preliminary ruling in a case of alleged discrimination on grounds of obesity, referred to it by a Danish court.
‘Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The UK Independent mechanism list of issues interim report’ was published in December 2014.
‘The right to political participation of persons with disabilities – Summary’ was published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in 2014.
The second report of the Work and Pensions Committee on ‘Improving Access to Work for disabled people Access to Work for disabled people’ was published in December 2014.
Pui-Yi Cheng writes about the human rights tragedies of two disabled young men who died in care: Nico loved music, slapstick comedy and being at
‘A short guide to the public sector equality and disability duties’ was published by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in October 2014.
This report was published as part of an initiative to increase awareness within the European Union for the need to collect reliable data for groups at risk of discrimination.
