 U.K. Disability and Health Information
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The U.K. Disability Discrimination Act - The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 aims to end the discrimination that many disabled people face.
This Act has been significantly extended, including by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. It now gives disabled people rights in the areas of:
* Employment
* Education
* Access to goods, facilities and services, including larger private clubs and transport services
* Buying or renting land or property, including making it easier for disabled people to rent property and for tenants to make disability-related adaptations
* Accessing everyday goods and services like shops, cafes, banks, cinemas and places of worship
* Accessing or becoming a member of a larger private club (25 or more members)
* Accessing the functions of public bodies, like the issuing of licences for example
The Act requires public bodies to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. It also allows the government to set minimum standards so that disabled people can use public transport easily.
U.K. Seniors - Employers in England will no longer be able to force workers to retire before 65, unless they can justify it. The government has announced that firms will be barred from 2006 from imposing arbitrary retirement ages. Under age discrimination proposals from the Department of Trade and Industry workers are allowed to work on till 70 if they wish. Many retired people in the U.K. do not claim all the benefits that they are entitled to. Benefit rules are not needlessly generous so if you qualify for any help you should take up your entitlement. There are two main types of benefits: means tested and non means tested.
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United Kingdom Disability and Health News
UK Autism: Lee Scott MP shortlisted for ePolitix Disability Champion Award
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Dragon® NaturallySpeaking®, the world’s best-selling desktop speech recognition software, features in the Learning Access Suite, a collection of powerful learning tools designed to make reading, writing and learning much easier. Labour Victimises Disabled Claimants with Attack on Incapacity Benefit
The New Labour government has brought in changes to disability benefits this week that will make it even harder for sick and disabled people to claim benefits. UK Health and Disability News 22 October 2008
Disability and health news from the UK. While America celebrates Deaf Awareness Week, the Netherlands celebrates World Deaf Day. Latest Disability and health news from the U.K. and Europe
Latest Disability and health news from the U.K. and Europe. There are more than 80 million persons with disabilities in Europe who's rights are recognised in international human rights treaties, including the recent UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Disability and Health News Europe and UK 15 Oct 2008
Under a new European law, disabled people and other people with reduced mobility have legal rights to assistance when travelling by air. Breakthrough in Manual Wheelchair Propulsion
The world's first lever-drive propulsion accessory for manual wheelchairs reduces the force needed to self-propel by up to 40% and is now available in the UK. Called 'NuDrive'. Roundup of Disability and Health News UK and Europe 7 October 2008
Directors of hospitals where patients have died from superbug infections because of failures by senior management will be prosecuted under new manslaughter laws, ministers have told NHS chiefs. Health and Disability News Weekly Roundup UK and Europe 4 Oct 2008
Topics of interest including a roundup of disability and health news from the UK and Europe 4 October 2008. Disability and Health News Weekly Roundup UK and Europe 1 Oct 2008
Weekly review of disability and health news from the UK and Europe for the week ending 1 October 2008. Barchester Independent Living Homes for Elderly Care
Barchester Ireland is introducing a better quality of care home and options for retirement living to Ireland. GPS Navigation System Assists Finding Disability Parking Spaces
Navevo, a European technology company, has developed a BBNav device designed specifically to help drivers and passengers with disabilities find parking spaces. Gresha Schuilling Autism Ambassadors UK Christmas Single
Sri Lankan mega star Gresha Schuilling who was appointed an Ambassador for Autism by the Autism Awareness Campaign UK and Sri Lanka has released her debut Christmas single, 'Cold Cold Night' in the United Kingdom.
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