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Council fined following death of wheelchair user

  • March 2, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

Following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in October Southwark Council pl...

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Anger at liftless new Tube station UK

  • March 2, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

Disability groups have expressed anger that the recently built Shepherd’s Bush underground station...

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Acoustic testing made compulsory for all BSF projects

  • March 2, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

The Children’s Minister, Delyth Morgan, has announced that acoustic testing will be a contractual ...

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Improved protection of disability rights:

  • March 1, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 amended Significant amendments to the Disability Discrimination A...

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A disabled-friendly Malaysia

  • February 19, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

MALAYSIA passed the Persons with Disabilities Act (PWDA) in 2008 as part of its obligations under th...

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Writing’s on the cinema wall when it comes to equal access

  • February 19, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

Before I was five, like most people, I knew my place in the community and soon discovered many of it...

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Woman says she missed flight after being quizzed over deafness

  • February 19, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

A WOMAN with a hearing disability claims she was asked by airline staff to prove she was deaf. Lesle...

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Disabled access

  • February 19, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

For North Carolinians in wheelchairs, a store’s failure to provide disabled access can be a de...

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Flintshire wheelchair man loses pub toilet claim

  • February 19, 2010
  • Bruce Bromley

A Flintshire wheelchair user has lost his discrimination case against a pub in Holywell over using i...

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Rail stations ‘not meeting disabled access guidelines’

  • October 12, 2009
  • Bruce Bromley

Disability groups say some of the Hunter’s busy railway stations are failing to meet access gu...

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