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A programme for the next five years
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- New Bulletin, 378, May 2010, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
This article describes how a new Parliament opens new opportunities. The article presents the authors priorities and objectives for this parliament, with a focus on disability issues. Five objectives are outlined: deliver a national care and support system based on clear rights to independent living; develop and implement a strategy to end disability poverty and financial exclusion; speed up the transformation of infrastructure so as to enable full, safe and independent access for disabled people; unlock the potential of disabled people through education, skills, work and representation in public life; and give real equality and justice focusing on a change in enforcement of equality.
Assisted suicide: the final guidelines
- Author:
- HARGITT Aidan
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, 377, January 2010, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
In September 2009, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), issued Interim Guidelines to clarify the circumstances in which someone who assists a suicide would be prosecuted, in response to a legal challenge by campaigner for assisted suicide Debbie Purdy. The Interim Guidelines listed a series of factors which would to determine whether or not a prosecution would be in the public interest. One factor that would mitigate against a prosecution was if “the victim had a terminal illness or a severe and incurable physical disability or a severe degenerative physical condition from which there was no possibility of recovery.” This short article highlights the major features within the guidelines, which ultimately leave open the possibility of prosecutors showing compassion and not prosecuting.
Inclusion or segregation: what's best for our children?
- Author:
- O'BRIEN Erin
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, 357, March 2006, pp.14-18.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
The author looks at the progress made towards inclusive education provision for children with special educational needs and at what still needs to be done.
Disabled people's fear of crime does not reflect the reality
- Author:
- DOLTON Alan
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, September 2003, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Looks at the work of the Fear of Crime team at the Home Office. Their work includes the development of a Fear of Crime Vulnerability Strategy to tackle issues that create fear in vulnerable communities, and the development of a toolkit providing information, contact points and basic advice to help people tackle their fear of crime. The article also includes figures from the British Crime survey on peoples fears and the actual risks of being a victim of crime.
Think of a number - then forget it
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- RADAR Bulletin, 285, October 1998, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Asks whether the Government's failure to extend disability discrimination law to the majority of employers is an indication of its real commitment to civil rights.