April Harper Staff and Board Members of Disability Wales were very sad to hear that April had passed away on the 3rd of January. April was a much-valued member of Disability Wales who served on our Board of Directors from 2010 – 2012, holding the role of Vice-Chair during this time. She was a lively […]
Author: Miranda Evans
Housing and Disabled People: Britain’s hidden crisis
Disability Wales welcomes the EHRC report today highlighting disabled people’s experiences of housing. Urgent action is most certainly required in Wales in order to make houses adaptable and accessible to disabled people. There are far too many examples where disabled people are unable to move around their own home due to its inaccessibility. This is having […]
Disability coalition calls for talks with prime minister over ‘human catastrophe’
A coalition of disabled people’s organisations has today written to the Prime Minister urging her to meet with them to discuss the deteriorating quality of life experienced by millions of disabled people in the UK. The call comes exactly six months since the United Nations’ damning report on the UK Government’s implementation of the […]
Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights
In 2017 the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be examining the UK’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). This is an opportunity for disabled people in the UK to let the Committee know the big human rights issues that we face – and for […]
'Enabling Wales' Project Launch
“An enabling society in which disabled children and adults enjoy the right to independent living and social inclusion” Save the date! Disability Wales and our partners at Wales Co-operative Centre and Dewis Centre for Independent Living are delighted to announce that the ‘Enabling Wales’ project will be officially launched by Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for […]
