MDPAG

Manchester Disabled People's Access Group: design and
access consultancy.
Training disabled auditors
and running campaigns.

[MDPAG @MDPAccessGroup]

MDPAG’s AGM this year is on the 16th September 2024 at 6-8.30pm over Zoom.
Please respond to mailing to confirm and we will be in touch with the link -
[email protected]. Look forward to meeting again.

[Transport for All @TransportForAll]

How do you park yours? 🚗 Pavement parking has stopped 57% of disabled people from being able to travel safely and easily. Will you change your parking? Find out more in our report: https://t.co/GoigqkPGF4
#SafeTravel

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

🚨NEWS🚨

'Plans to spy on Disabled people’s bank accounts show Labour isn’t for change' - by DR UK campaigner Mikey Erhardt

Read more👇
https://t.co/kosi2Fyg8B

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

There are 54+ MPs wanting to legalise medically assisted suicide for terminally ill AND disabled people

And most of the big pro campaigning orgs want this too

But many disabled people don't want this & our voices are rarely heard. That's why I made this:
https://t.co/KOoAi5mFz7

[Transport for All @TransportForAll]

📢 Could you be our new Senior Research Officer? 📢
Join Transport for All's disabled-led research team to drive change and improve transport accessibility for disabled people.
https://t.co/vxYJKWc6Fv

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Labour ministers have again failed to make any commitment to toughening standards on accessible homes, despite announcing a string of new housing measures at their annual party conference.
#LabourConference
https://t.co/7TDDUyuRr5

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Members of the London Assembly have unanimously backed a call for the mayor to take a “strategic” approach to improving the lives of disabled Londoners and appoint a new champion for disability equality across the capital.
https://t.co/fcdDPgpBXh

[Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union @BenClaimant]

Asda chair Lord Rose disparages sick and disabled people in his comments about reforming benefits.

“We can’t just become a state now where people just live on handouts. ‘Oh, I’m not feeling very well. Oh, I’ve got a headache. Oh, it’s a bit cold this morning. Oh, I’m feeling a bit tired. Oh, I’m a bit stressed out.’

https://t.co/O3CRcfrdKI

[DisabilityArtsOnline @disabilityarts]

In the latest Disability and... episode Paul Wilshaw chats with student actor Toby Ross and tutor in dance Karen Bartholomew about @MtGstudios' Performance Academy.

🎧Listen in full on our website or via your usual podcast app.

https://t.co/reH2sZhrEO

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted that it failed to appoint a chief medical adviser for more than five years, at a time when its policy decisions were causing countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants.
https://t.co/LKmXRR2ies

[DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest]

@georgeeaton This 👇

[George Eaton @georgeeaton]

The DWP has just published its Equality Analysis of winter fuel payment cuts (yes, on Friday night).

Around 71% of pensioners with a disability and 83% of the over-80s will lose the benefit. https://t.co/K4aWCkWLS3

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Disabled people will be left at risk of serious harm if a council goes ahead with plans to introduce new charges for one of its “vital” care services, a disabled people’s organisation has warned.
https://t.co/7gZCZZClqu

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Disabled campaigners call on government to take seven key steps in response to final Grenfell report
#GrenfellTower #Grenfell
@DisRightsUK @InclusionLondon @HarrowHAD @claddag @SpinalInjuries
https://t.co/VSUH3zUJpW

[Pluto Press @PlutoPress]

The Department exposes the bureaucratic violence of the DWP.

After years researching the stories of 12 people who died, disabled journalist @johnpringdns describes how bereaved families and disabled people have fought for justice and accountability: https://t.co/j8Urjpray2

[Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union @BenClaimant]

We are taking our #UniversalCredit campaign against conditionality and sanctions to the TUC Congress this week. We've had a good reaction so far from Trade Unions so I'm looking forward to hearing from delegates.

#UniteAgainstSanctions
#TUC2024

[#EndAllBenefitSanctions @benefitsanction]

Ofsted’s plans to reform inspections ‘will continue to enable discrimination’ https://t.co/Z24ttipp8h > @johnpringdns

[DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest]

Grenfell: Inquiry calls for urgent action to prioritise safety of disabled residents of high-rise flats

Via @johnpringdns @UKLabour

#Grenfell
#DisabledPeopleDemand

https://t.co/oyPEQXmlJ8

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

#Grenfell: Housing managers repeatedly rejected calls to improve safety of disabled residents
#GrenfellInquiry
https://t.co/0pQhOKMKMF

[DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest]

Ask your local library to to stock a copy

The detail you will need to give:

ISBN for the paperback: 978 0 7453 4989 3
Publisher: Pluto Press
Author: John Pring
Title: The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has told the government to take urgent action to prioritise the safety of disabled people and other “vulnerable” residents who live in high-rise residential buildings.
#Grenfell #GrenfellInquiry
https://t.co/b2LBuAGfJF