Wales
Actions people in Wales can take now to help defeat the UK disability cuts bill
These actions are specifically customised for people in Wales, and includes lobbying the Welsh government. However, people not living in Wales might still find the resources useful with some minor changes. Stick it in your window, or on workplace or community noticeboards. Ready-made Make your own! Send yours in! Contributions welcome! Please send it in to swaneadpac@gmail.com and/or dpaccardiffandvalleys@gmail.com
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Press Release: Cardiff disability cuts consultation cancelled #NoVoteWithoutWales
Statement from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) Cymru and appeal for signatures on our open letter The Cardiff disability cuts consultation on the 3rd was always going to be unfair, with half the proposals, the most important half, completely off the table for discussion. Less than two days after the venue was announced, with only one working
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Happy New Year
I am excited to have a fresh new year ahead of me after managing to survive an arduous 2024. I would like to start this blog by wishing all my readers a happy and successful 12 months ahead, even though it should be clear to everyone that the calendar year as we know it is
Mini Blog – Abridged Copy
Welcome to my “mini-blog” (Abridged version) I am a full time wheelchair user and live with a progressive, genetic disease of the nervous system known as Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA). This debilitating disease only affects one in 50,000 people. The median age of death of a person with FA is 35, so at age 47 I
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Mini Blog to Comrades
I have written a series of mini blogs to a number of organisations of which I am a member. These blogs open lines of communication with various groups as I struggle to attend their meetings. I have therefore had to be creative and hopefully these mini blogs will be effective enough to get my message
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Disabled people face battle for health and social care support
This is a article from the South Wales Argus about a video conference that I took part in last week, along with my good friend and comrade Chris Hall. It was a important consultation with the Senedd Health and Social Care Committee about the future of independent living and how it will be funded. The
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The time to act is NOW
The time has come to try to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people across Wales. I have been tirelessly trying to do this since I launched my #SaveWILG campaign back in November 2016 . This campaign was a relative success, but it appears that the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) has
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Student forced to use loan to buy own wheelchair
I have copied and pasted the following article from the BBC News website, as it highlights an important issue facing disabled people across Wales. You can access the original article by clicking here. I am facing similar challenges, as even though I have been lucky enough to access a wheelchair through the NHS, I feel
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Council stops activist using care funding for first holiday in 20 years
The following blog has been written and published by John Pring on the excellent Disability News Service website. The amount of support that I have received is overwhelming and I really appreciate all the solidarity shown. I have just been contacted by John Pring who said that the BBC are now interested in covering the
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