On 13 March 2013, the EHRC intervened in a Judicial Review at the High Court into the abolition of the Independent Living Fund, a move which affects 20,000 disabled people.
The Young Foundation pubished ‘An insight into the impact of the cuts on some of the most vulnerable in Camden’ in July 2012.
On 13 February 2013 the Government published ‘Fulfilling Potential: Building a deeper understanding of disability in the UK today’.
In January 2013, Stop Hate UK launched a new 24 hour helpline service, Stop Learning Disability Hate Crime, in England and Wales.
On 19 February 2013, the charity Contact A Family published a report showing that many children with disabilities are being illegally excluded from school.
The Disability Action Alliance website includes the Alliance Declaration and Membership Agreement, the Aims and Priority Areas, and details of initial projects.
An online training course which provides an introduction to standing for elected office and includes case studies or examples contributed by disabled people who have already participated in political life.
This paper by Chris Edwards studies the effects of the ‘Austerity Package’ of the Coalition Government on disabled people.
This report published Oct 2012 by the ‘Hardest Hit’ coalition, exposes how the Government’s welfare cuts are hitting disabled people hardest.
This report by Inclusion London into the funding cuts experienced by London’s Deaf and disabled peoples organisations, was published in 2012.
