[ad_1] People with disabilities are taking legal action against supermarkets so they can buy food during the coronavirus pandemic. Sheffield-based solicitors Fry Law have been contacted by up to 300 disabled people, who say the lockdown has seen supermarkets sideline them. Lawyer Chris Fry has been contacted by 300 disabled people who feel they have…
[ad_1] Councils will be free to abandon disabled people under the UK government’s coronavirus response. That’s the warning from disability charities over the new Coronavirus Act. No obligation over social care Disability Rights UK, a pan-disability charity, says councils will no longer have to provide social care. Councils would only have to provide care where…
[ad_1] Health checks for people with learning disabilities are often little more than box-ticking exercises. That’s the view of campaigner Helen Ashby, who wants a standardised check nationwide. Helen Ashby with son David. Ashby wants a standardised health check for learning disabled people Ashby, 47, from Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, took son David Sheriff,…