In Suffolk, there are robust plans for the Council to work with schools and parents to ensure that expert help is provided.
For a lot of people with a disability, getting on a bus is not an option. A ‘carrot’ approach to improving the environment is a better way.
The Government’s current approach to contracts locks out small, specialist providers in exchange for a handful of multinationals.
For too long, much of the political and policy debate on this has not been focused on the action needed to drive better outcomes for the most disadvantaged in our society.
Whether for a pedestrian or a driver it is hard to see crossing points, where to go, where or when was best to stop or proceed. The blind are in fear of their lives.
This weakening of local accountability makes it all the more important for Conservatives to offer voters a clear alternative.
Half of all food bank users are disabled, and we know that appropriate, secure, properly-paid work is the best route out of poverty.
If there is one lesson we learnt from the EU referendum last year, it is that people are crying out for more control over their lives.
A compassionate society supports its most vulnerable members to fulfil their potential, and our report suggests how the Government can do this.
How many Health and Wellbeing Boards actually have wheelchair users – or indeed anyone disabled – as members?
Some planning conditions actively prevent disabled access being made available.
With nearly 14 million disabled people living in the UK, more should be involved in legislation and decision making.