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itea and Biscuits
Age UK, which is the combined force of Age Concern and Help the Aged, are running their third annual itea and biscuits week long event from the 20 – 26 September.

The Disability Benefits Consortium launch benefits survey
The Disability Benefits Consortium have just launched a survey about Employment Support Allowance.

2010: The year of Manchester transport fiascos
2010 has seen Manchester receive a lot of bad publicity due to problems with access for disabled people to its transport networks.

Cripfaced Glee
S E Smith a writer from California recently wrote an interesting article about the issues of the portrayal of disabled people in Fox’s hit programme Glee.

Tesco drive-thru: Good for disabled people?
Tesco is to launch the UK’s first supermarket drive-thru tomorrow at one of its stores in Baldock, Hertfordshire under a new pilot scheme.

Disability Access Consultation with Humberside Police
Humberside Police Authority has been consulting disabled people and groups in the Force area to get their opinions on local policing.

Transport issues to hit the 2012 Games?
It has been an issue for a long time, but the London Transport debate for disabled people is heating up with the Paralympic Games looming.

You've heard of WALL·E? Meet ROLY!
WALL•E was one of the cinemas most recent adorable robots that crushed all of the earth’s waste into neat little cubes. Now, in real life, ROLY that stands for RObot-assisted Learning for Young drivers, is here.

Accessible Weddings?
Whilst browsing the internet we came across an excellent article about inclusive wedding planning for disabled people on Suite 101 by Megan Drummond.

Lack of access to UK Synagogues
The Jewish Chronicle Online has reported that many UK synagogues are not accessible enough for wheelchair users.

New Trains for Northern Ireland
Translink that recently released an access guide to transport in Northern Ireland have also ordered 20 state of the art new trains costing £105 million.

IPC Swimming World Championships
The teenager Ellie Simmonds took gold medal for Britain in the 3 day IPC World Championships this week.

Equality Act to replace the DDA
The Equality Bill was published on 27 April 2009 and became an Act of Parliament on 8 April 2010. The Equality Act will replace the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 (DDA).

The Camphill Village Trust
The Camphill Village Trust is a long established and progressive charity that supports people with learning difficulties, mental health disabilities and other specific requirements.

Natural England's National Nature Reserves
Natural England have been heading up the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) project known as Outdoors for All for the past 2 years.

East of England Golf Open
The 11th August was the Disabled Golf Society’s East of England Open as we reported back at the start of the month.

Action for Blind People's NHS Survey
Action for Blind People is a national charity that is part of the RNIB Group that provides information and advice for blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of their lives.

The Greater London Authority Disability Equality Scheme
The Greater London Authority (GLA) recently published its draft Disability Equality Scheme and the document can be downloaded from their website.

Bikes not Barriers
As we wrote in the article last week, Cycling City York have been working with Get Cycling to develop a project called ‘Bikes not Barriers’ so we did a bit more digging.

Cycling City York
Whether you’re into cycling or not, cycle route websites and guide books frequently offer great information for disabled people that want to get out and about.

Changing Places WCs
According to Mencap there are now more than 200 fully accessible Changing Places toilets in the UK.

Accessible Transport in Scotland
Although OpenBritain has some great information regarding transport for disabled people in Scotland there are is another resource that we thought our readers would like to know about.

Channel 4 Step Up Pre-Paralympic Coverage
Channel 4 who won the rights to show the 2012 Paralympic Games earlier this year are now launching £500,000 search for British disabled talent to act as commentators, experts and presenters during the Paralympics.

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