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9 hours ago
Doctors' leaders and health secretary on collision courseSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Austerity is a task for another day, IMF tells George Osborne
• Surgeons fear online performance data will damage reputations
• Soaring food prices mak[...]
• Surgeons fear online performance data will damage reputations
• Soaring food prices mak[...]
11 hours ago
Raymond Johnson says appearing on Channel 4 show helped challenge opinions of disability, but there is still a long way to go"The day after The Undateables was shown, I was on the way to work and came out from the station, a person driving a car hooted and started doing a Leeds salute. Then when I w[...]
12 hours ago
Gig Buddies pairs people with learning disabilities up with a buddy who accompanies them to events in the eveningGig Buddies, an innovative Sussex project, is giving people with learning disabilities the chance to go to music gigs in the evenings. Rather than miss out on music – either completely [...]
1 day ago
SAP says it aims to train 650 workers with autism to become IT specialists by 2020Declaring its eagerness to find workers that "think differently", a German software giant has announced it plans to recruit hundreds of people with autism within the next few years.SAP said it aimed to train 650 worker[...]
1 day ago
Work capability assessments place those with mental health conditions at substantial disadvantage, judge concludes
The fitness-for-work test used to determine whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible to claim sickness benefits substantially disadvantages people with mental health c[...]
The fitness-for-work test used to determine whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible to claim sickness benefits substantially disadvantages people with mental health c[...]
1 day ago
NHS chief to leave in 2014Sign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories• Senior NHS figure challenges Jeremy Hunt over causes of A&E crisis
• A&E overcrowding could lead to more deaths and serious illnesses, MPs told
• Paul Hobday: Jeremy Hunt, come to my[...]
• A&E overcrowding could lead to more deaths and serious illnesses, MPs told
• Paul Hobday: Jeremy Hunt, come to my[...]
1 day ago
My daughter is disabled so I know at first hand how badly NHS staff often treat people like herMy daughter was ill at the weekend. Just a heavy cold; but when your child has profound and multiple learning disabilities, even a minor illness can send her life-threatening condition spiralling out of co[...]
1 day ago
Specialist housing doesn't offer the financial or social incentives to encourage downsizing. In an ageing society, we must fix thisI must declare up front: I'm not a housing expert or an ageing society expert, but I do know the numbers. And they all point in one direction – a huge demographic chal[...]
2 days ago
Four years with no warden, no club, no security – it's hardly the stress-free retirement residents were led to expectThe glossy brochures and web pages for Rydon Village in north Devon promise a great deal: a picturesque place for middle-aged and elderly people to while away leisurely hours with p[...]
2 days ago
Now is the moment to fight for safeguards within the health service to protect individuals with disabilities when they are illI feel the most joyous time in anyone's life is when their child is born. Then, for some parents, their joy turns to heartbreak and sorrow when they discover that their child[...]
2 days ago
Test would have minimal, if any, long-term impact on pupils' standards of reading and writing, research showsThe phonics literacy test applied to first-year schoolchildren in England has had a minimal impact on reading and writing standards, according to teachers in a Department for Education-funded[...]
2 days ago
A growing number of small-scale businesses are working alongside councils to help support vulnerable groupsWhen Sarah Goudie arrives with her bread-making ingredients, her clients, who are people with learning disabilities, are already looking forward to the day's activity."The people I see are able[...]
2 days ago
The government has opened up the civil service to the wider community but has failed to put in place tighter codes of conduct, says Jon TrickettThe British civil service is often celebrated for its professionalism, independence and expertise, but our system of governance is being challenged as never[...]
2 days ago
Government guidance notes offer an insight into the startling complexity around how benefit assessments will be madeAs the roll out of universal credit nears, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has begun distributing a range of guidance notes on how various assessments will be made.Recently,[...]
2 days ago
Tina Papalabropoulos died of aspiration pneumonia. As a report into her death is published, her mother speaks out about negligent care, the struggle for recognition, and her unwitting role in Tina's deathJosh StraussRichard SprengerMustafa Khalili
2 days ago
Relatives of domestic violence victim say her murder in 2008 by former boyfriend Marc Chivers must be catalyst for changeThe family of a woman strangled by her former boyfriend has called on the home secretary, Theresa May, to set up a Stephen Lawrence-style public inquiry to examine why victims of [...]
2 days ago
Mother and charity claim doctors provided inadequate care because of attitudes based on woman's disabilitiesA catalogue of mistakes by an out-of-hours GP service and a hospital contributed to the death of a young woman with physical and learning disabilities, the NHS ombudsman says on Tuesday in a h[...]
3 days ago
One in five suffer psychological ill health, but most shun university counsellingUniversities should do more to encourage students with mental health problems to seek help, a leading charity has warned.More than a quarter (26%) of students who say they experience mental health problems do not get tr[...]
3 days ago
In Britain, we need to reframe the debate about assisted dying. People should have a choice about how they die
I've studied ethics as a branch of philosophy – it's fun. The theory, that is. But it is also vacuous. Worthwhile ethics can only be done with real people in front of you. You[...]
I've studied ethics as a branch of philosophy – it's fun. The theory, that is. But it is also vacuous. Worthwhile ethics can only be done with real people in front of you. You[...]
3 days ago
A growing number of psychiatrists suspect mental conditions are 'culture-bound syndromes' rather than exclusively biologicalThe latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM 5 – was published over the weekend. Produced by the American Psychiatric Association, [...]
3 days ago
Revised editorial guidelines are welcome but not enough – we need a cultural change in the press and respect for existing rulesOh, the ingratitude! Last week, the Press Complaints Commission announced its intention to "issue editorial guidance for journalists on how to report on transgender issues[...]
3 days ago
UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs and hostelsSign up to Society daily email briefingToday's top SocietyGuardian stories • UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs, hostels and shelters
• Legal watchdog warns budget cuts will damage justice
• Police retain DNA from thousands of[...]
• Legal watchdog warns budget cuts will damage justice
• Police retain DNA from thousands of[...]
5 days ago
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, has divided medical opinionThe field of mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with the publication of the long-awaited and deeply-controversial US manual for diagnosing mental disorder[...]
6 days ago
Judicial review to go ahead against maximum expenditure policy, which critics warn will force disabled people into residential care.
6 days ago
In Poland and elsewhere, trans people have to ensure that the shift to liberal social polices includes the way they are treatedMy election to the Polish parliament in 2011 caused a huge stir. I was the first transgender MP in my country, and I am now the only one in the world. So I have a high profi[...]
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3 weeks ago
On April 17, 2013 NASW co-hosted a Congressional briefing with the National Council on Disabilities (NCD), American Psychological Association (APA), and Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) titled, Rocking the Cradle: Protecting the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children. The brief[...]
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18 weeks ago
NASW CEO Betsy Clark, and other mental health and disability rights advocates, met at the White House on Wednesday to provide input for Vice President Biden’s Task Force on Gun Control and Violence. The meeting was led by Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen[...]
24 weeks ago
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was drafted and adopted by the United Nations in 2006 to assist with the attainment of human rights and equality worldwide. Using the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a guide, the CRPD provides a foundation for countries to ena[...]
34 weeks ago
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined with the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) in sending a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asking for their support of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Th[...]
43 weeks ago
By By Paul R. Pace, News Staff A single agency will now oversee the federal efforts previously supported by three entities within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities are now combi[...]
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