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Welcome to our blog, where the Ouch team writes frequent entries about all things disability - from news snippets, gossip and trivia through to interesting links from all over the web. There's also the occasional guest blogger too. Bookmark us, and be sure to add your comments after each post. Got something noteworthy for the blog? Drop us a line! Movable Type Pro 4.33-en
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House of Commons overturns Lords amendments to welfare bill

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 05:18
It has been a week of political ups and downs in benefits and social care. Coalition plans to cut payments to families with disabled children were rejected by the House of Lords in a seventh defeat on Tuesday. Neil... Linda Debrah

My Down's Decade (Disability Dads series)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 04:02
Stan Palmer has Down's Syndrome. As his tenth birthday draws closer, his dad Steve blogs about the first decade in 'Down's world', for the first of our series on dads and disability. Ten years ago, my sometime blokey self... Guest

Talk Show 82: Ruby Wax finds her people

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 04:21
Comedian Ruby Wax pops by to talk about her new social networking site for people with mental health problems. Kevin Mulhern pulls apart the latest on welfare reform and Meet Jody Cundy, top GB Paralympic cyclist. Liz Carr and... Emma

TV and Radio on BBC iPlayer - RNIB sue Bmibaby for having inaccessible website and more

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 01:50
On this weeks' In Touch programme, low cost airline Bmibaby are being sued by the RNIB for their website's lacck of accessibility for blind customers. The airline say they are taking steps to improve the situation and are offering... Linda Debrah

Disabled protesters stop traffic at Oxford Circus

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 06:43
Campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts together with direct action organisation UK Uncut took part in a central London protest at the weekend against the welfare reform bill. On Saturday afternoon, demonstrators in wheelchairs chained themselves together across the... Emma

The fake disabled are crippling our economy

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 01:19
Journalist Rod Liddle has been at it again. This time the subject of his attention is the disabled. He writes in his column in The Sun newspaper, which has since "disappeared" online but Rod's cause has been picked up... Linda Debrah

TV & radio on BBC iPlayer: Blind street stress and more

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 06:27
Shared space is a concept used in urban planning to encourage a more integrated use of our towns and cities - kerbs are dropped with traffic lights and crossings often removed. Pedestrians walk along designated safe areas similar in... Linda Debrah

Accessing the Olympics

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 01:41
Whether the London 2012 ticket deadlines have so far passed you by, or accessibility fears have discouraged you from making an application, the good news is that time has not yet run out. Tickets are on sale until the... Linda Debrah