Category - disability

Blaming the poor for poverty

Symon Hill — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:17:19 +0100

There are some politicians who, if given a choice between attacking powerful people and attacking vulnerable people, find it much easier to choose the latter.

Third time lucky on disabled rights?

Jonathan Bartley — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:07:56 +0100

Lord Ashley of Stoke has a question in the House of Lords tomorrow (Tuesday) and is calling on government to legislate for the independent living of disabled people.

Time to get equal

Jonathan Bartley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:39:55 +0100

Before I had a son who uses a wheelchair, I have to confess I was pretty blind to accessibility issues.

'Country's prayers' are with Camerons

agency reporter — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:44:45 +0000

The whole country's thoughts and prayers are with the Cameron family after the death of six-year-old Ivan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

Call for Pope to act on autism in the wake of church ban

agency reporter — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:43:47 +0100

Autism campaigners around the world are urging Pope Benedict XVI to act on autism in the wake of the banning of a 13 year old boy with severe autism from the Roman Catholic Church of St.Joseph, in Bertha, Minnesota in the United States.

Welcome for UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Agencies — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:55:58 +0100

Leading blindness charity Sightsavers International has has welcomed the coming into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

26 million disabled children denied an education

staff writers — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:35:39 +0100

Disabled children make up a third of the 77 million children worldwide who are excluded from education - equivalent to twice the number of children living in the UK. This is the conclusion of a new report published by Christian development agency World Vision. Click here to support disabled children with World Vision Alternative Gifts

Church school challenged on fair access for kids with disabilities

staff writers — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:09:52 +0100

A church school’s refusal to admit a wheelchair-bound child highlights important questions of access, inclusion and the duties of both voluntary-aided schools and the whole education sector, says the parent involved.

Why can't a church school keep faith with disabled children?

Jonathan Bartley — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:28:03 +0100

Britain's schools, including those run by faith groups, talk of inclusion. But Jonathan Bartley's wheelchair-bound son Samuel has found that the church and education authorities are reluctant to put their money where their mouth is.

Disability and Inclusion, BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day, 19th March 2007

Press Office — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:02:17 +0000

Ekklesia's co-director suggesting giving Tory leader David Cameron a break over his 93