Sentences with phrase «disabled people affected»

By the October spending review, figures had jumped by 60 % to 80,000 disabled people affected with a revised saving of # 160 million.

Denying disabled people support risks greater social exclusion, poverty and isolation for the disabled people affected.

More disabled people affected by the bedroom tax.

Not exact matches

«The only way that we can get to an effective solution to this problem that affects women, minorities, and the disabled is by being upfront with what people are being paid per position.»

Refusal to hire a worker with responsibility for a disabled person because attendance might be affected

The COLA also affects benefits for about 4 million disabled veterans, 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors, and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the disability program for the poor.

So Steven... you are saying that people affected by Asperger's Syndrome — whose mirror neurons are largely of fully disabled — are beyond redemption?

A grassroots organisation has been launched to advocate for disabled people, as government cuts affecting vulnerable people are set to continue.

A policy which disproportionately affects ethnic minorities, LGBT people, women, the disabled and those living in less affluent areas is not only an affront to basic principles of fairness and social justice but also exacerbates the inequality crisis which continues to worsen across the UK.

Taken together the raft of welfare and other changes will seriously affect disabled people's income and opportunities and risk undoing the momentum towards a more equal society that has taken decades to build.

The government initially suggested the end of this support would affect 50,000 disabled people and mean a # 135 million saving for DWP.

The raft of welfare and other changes will seriously affect disabled people's income and opportunities.

Launched today, the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) hopes to improve partnerships across government departments with regard to policies that affect disabled people.

Today was the turn of the coalition's «bedroom tax», which are affecting disabled people especially badly.

Labour's Derek Twigg asks Duncan Smith to confirm that households with a disabled person are more likely to be affected.

Chris Goulden, head of poverty at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: «It is very difficult to see how this policy can work without causing severe hardship, particularly as many of those affected are disabled people.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has taken the wraps off a new savings plan for disabled people that allows them to save money without affecting their eligibility for benefits.

The highly critical report, published in Geneva on Monday afternoon, says the rights of disabled people to live independently, to work, and achieve an adequate standard of living have been negatively affected by austerity measures.

They'd figured out not just how many people died from specific diseases, but also how much each disease affected people's lives, making them sick or disabled.

Women and disabled people are likely to be disproportionately affected.

Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe and disabling conditions affecting Americans.

Its mission is to find a cure for these seriously disabling — and currently incurable - diseases, most of which have a genetic origin, and also help people affected by them.

«The NUT will continue to work alongside other trade unions and organisations to highlight the issues that affect disabled people and ensure that their voices are not ignored and their presence in the workplace not compromised.»

Unemployment does affect Supplemental Security Income, an unrelated program also administered by the Social Security agency for persons age 65 and over, or blind or disabled.

b) to establish an open forum where disabled people will freely voice their concerns regarding issues that affect their lifestyle; and

As a person with bipolar disorder, you know that there are many disorder - related things that have the ability to disable you, or at least affect how you work.

But how in practice will this affect landlords when seeking to obtain possession of premises occupied by a disabled person?

In particular, the equality guarantees set out in Section 15 of the Charter have been introduced for the purpose of responding to negative stereotypes and stigmatization which affect marginalized persons in society, including disabled persons.

It is clear that in any case where the decision may affect large numbers of disabled people, the necessary due regard to the needs of disabled people under the public sector equality duty is very high.

There are many factors that affect carers» lives, for example not being consulted when someone is being discharged from hospital, or not considering carers» employment needs when changing the package of care for the disabled person.

Furthermore, it was likely that identifiable minorities, including First Nations people, immigrants, and the disabled, were over-represented among this group and therefore disproportionately affected by the imposition of hearing fees.

Through a process of structured development we aim to draw attention to the physical, social, economic, cultural and attitudinal barriers that affect our everyday lives as disabled people in Scotland.

As a collective we believe that the views of disabled children and young people are vital to the development of an inclusive society and that they have the right to be heard and actively participate in decisions that affect them.

Each member is passionate about ensuring disabled children and young people, and those with special educational needs, have an equal say in issues and decisions that affect them and their families.

Since its inception, Joni and Friends has been dedicated to serving people who are affected by disability, whether it is the disabled person, a family member, or friend.