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Disabled waiting for houses - Liverpool Echo 17th November 2008
MORE than 500 disabled people in Liverpool are living in unsuitable accommodation while they wait to be moved into housing that meets their needs.
The figure was revealed in a report which went before the council’s scrutiny committee.
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Paralysed teacher: I'm not selfish for wanting to live - Liverpool Daily Post 13th November 2008
A PARALYSED Merseyside teacher has spoken of her anger that the growing public sympathy for assisted suicide means she is now seen as ‘selfish’ for wanting to carry on living.
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'Dear Noel, is life really not worth living?' - BBC Health News 17th November 2008
Paralysed after being attacked by neo-Nazis, Noel Martin is planning a trip to Switzerland to commit suicide. Here, disabled broadcaster Liz Carr, who met Noel for a BBC Radio 5 Live report, writes an open letter urging him to think again.
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Disabled shopper in M&S ban - Manchester Evening News 8th November 2008
A WOMAN in a wheelchair was banned from every Marks & Spencer store after staff said she is a 'safety hazard'.
Susan Curran, 58, was told she was no longer welcome at the Stockport store after she rang an emergency bell in the disabled toilets when she got stuck.
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Artificial fingers help a Southport guitarist play again - Southport Visiter 7th November 2008
A MUSICIAN who lost four fingers in a work accident is set to pick up his guitar on stage again after being fitted with artificial digits.
Father-of-two Neil Scallion, from Chester Road, Southport, faced the prospect of never again being able to play with his band The Blueshounds after losing fingers and part of his thumb four years ago in an accident involving a circular saw.
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Woman was banned from every M&S store in the country - because she is disabled - Daily Mail 7th October 2008
A disabled woman was barred from Marks & Spencer after getting stuck in the toilets at her local store.
Susan Curran, who suffers from cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, says she was been made to feel like a criminal.
Her troubles began when she had to ring an emergency cord while in the toilet, after having trouble pulling her trousers up.
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Wheelchair groups challenge council in High Court - Liverpool Daily Post 6th November 2008
DISABILITY campaigners have won the right to take Liverpool City Council to the High Court in their battle for safe taxis.
In March, licensing chief Malcolm Kelly sparked outrage from local disability groups when the committee he chairs refused to license the wheelchair-friendly Peugeot E7 taxi.
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Bionic hand among top inventions of 2008 - The Telegraph 6th October 2008
The world's first commercially available bionic hand has been recognised as one of the top inventions of 2008.
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GPs get £100 for checks on people with learning difficulties - The Guardian 4th October 2008
Family doctors are to be paid £100 a time for carrying out an annual health check on people with learning disabilities, after an official inquiry warned that they were suffering avoidable ill health and even premature death because their needs were being ignored.
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'I'll never stop loving life' says ex-England rugby player Matt Hampson who is now paralysed from the neck downwards - Daily Mail 4th November 2008
Two months ago, a young Briton paralysed in a rugby accident ended his life in a Swiss suicide clinic. Here, in an interview moving beyond words, a fellow victim tells why he made a very different choice
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The XYY Factor: How a rare chromosome disorder brought my son a world of pain - Daily Mail 1st November 2008
Former model turned novelist Annabel Giles, 49, married Midge Ure, 55, the lead singer of pop band Ultravox, in 1986. They separated in 1991 and have one daughter, Molly, now 21.
Annabel's second child, Ted, ten, is her son by a former partner from whom she is estranged.
Ted was born with XYY syndrome, a chromosomal disorder, and here she provides, with extraordinary candour, an account of her life as the single parent of a special needs child.
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Doctor barred from Australia because of Down syndrome son - The Telegraph 31st October 2008
A German doctor has been refused permission to settle permanently in Australia because his son has Down syndrome.
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Guitarist Neil Scallion: Op gives him 4 new fingers - Liverpool Echo 29th October 2008
A GUITARIST who lost four fingers in a works accident can play again thanks to experts at a Merseyside hospital.
Southport father-of-two Neil Scallion was fitted with prosthetic fingers after losing the digits and part of his thumb four years ago in an accident involving a circular saw.
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Michael White's political briefing: Welfare reform is a painful process - The Guardian 28th October 2008
Talk of welfare reform usually triggers strong emotions and yesterday's revamp of incapacity benefit (IB), a tough policy legacy from the Thatcher era, is no exception. Ministers are routinely accused by campaigners and academics of failing to understand the deep-seated problems of chronically ill, disabled or mentally unstable people.
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Strict new benefit rules 'will drive mentally-ill people into poverty' - The Independent 27th October 2008
People with mental health problems will be driven into poverty by the introduction of a new benefit today, campaigners have warned.
Around half of applicants for the employment and support allowance are expected to be rejected because of much stricter rules, forcing thousands of people with mental health problems on to the much less generous job-seekers allowance, or into jobs they are unable to cope with and which could lead to a relapse in their conditions.
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Benefits reforms to be introduced - BBC Health News 27th October 2008
A new benefits system making it tougher for sick and disabled people to claim benefits is due to be launched later.
Claimants who are neither terminally ill nor severely disabled could have their benefits cut if they refuse to attend interviews with jobs advisers.
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£1m win for disabled as centre fees are cut - Liverpool Echo 23rd October 2008
DAY centre users received an unexpected boost today when council bosses cut the amount they will have to pay for sessions.
Liverpool council sparked anger last month when it announced it would charge disabled people £10 for every session they attended.
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Firm action needed to remove stigma - The Guardian 22nd October 2008
The way we do business needs to change. The world economy is in turmoil, companies are folding, and large-scale job losses are increasing. Governments and businesses alike must be open to new ideas, changing environments and adapting markets. So why is it, then, that ministers remain reluctant to change their thinking on how disabled and severely disadvantaged people can contribute economically to our society through employment?
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Action on abuse of disabled parking permits - The Times 21st October 2008
People applying for disabled parking permits will have to be independently assessed. The practice of GPs testing applicants is to cease, amid concern that patients put pressure on them to grant the permits, which can be worth £2,000 a year. The number of blue badges in circulation now exceeds two million.
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Revamp of respite care for disabled kids - Carlisle News & Star 20th October 2008
NEW proposals to transform respite care for disabled children in Cumbria are due to be unveiled later this month.
Regional approval is needed if the county is to secure £2.5 million of Government funding over the next three years to make the changes possible
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