John Pring's Disability News Round Up - Week Ending 20/04/2012

4/25/2012 10:02:00 am BenefitScroungingScum 0 Comments


·         The knock-on effects of the government’s huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance could wipe out every penny of the savings it is hoping for, according to a new report.
·         Sports governing bodies must do much more to encourage disabled people to play sport regularly, according to the cabinet minister responsible for the London 2012 Paralympics.
·         Disabled activists have again brought traffic chaos to central London by chaining their wheelchairs across busy pedestrian crossings in protest at government cuts and welfare reforms.
·         Four disabled activists have resigned from the board of the UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation following a disagreement over its future direction.
·         Leading price comparison websites are ignoring their legal obligations to make their sites accessible to disabled people, according to a new report.
·         A disability charity is calling on the banking industry to do more to make its services accessible to blind and partially-sighted people.
·         Coalition MPs have overturned changes to government legislation that would have made it easier for many disabled people to apply for legal aid.

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