Recent reports and publications
| Rights and reality: disabled people’s experiences of accessing goods and services |  |
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| 14 April 2010 | ||
| The report examines disabled people’s experiences of accessing goods and services, and examines the extent to which disabled people have been able to enforce their rights through the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The report also makes recommendations as to how the new Equality Act (which will replace the DDA) can be implemented to make sure that it works effectively for disabled people. | ||
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| Disability and the downturn |  |
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| 4 January 2010 | ||
| In January 2009, the UK officially entered into recession. Disabled people are twice as likely to live in relative poverty as non-disabled people and when the additional costs disabled people face as a result of their impairment are factored in, figures suggest that well over half of disabled people in the UK could be living in poverty. | ||
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| Disability Review 2009 |  |
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| 4 November 2009 | ||
| The Disability Review 2009 is the third of a series of annual UK wide surveys produced by Leonard Cheshire Disability. | ||
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| Fuel poverty and disability |  |
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| 16 January 2009 | ||
| As part of our continuing work pressing policy-makers to challenge disability poverty, Leonard Cheshire Disability is examining the issue of disability and fuel poverty. | ||
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| Policy Agenda |  |
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| 9 December 2008 | ||
| Policy Agenda sets out Leonard Cheshire Disability’s position on a number of policy issues and questions across the UK. At its heart is support for those policies which will lead to greater independence and equality for disabled people throughout society and in all aspects of their lives. | ||
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| Disability Review 2008 |  |
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| 1 December 2008 | ||
| Disability Review 2008 is the second in an annual series of reports looking at over 1000 disabled people’s views and experiences of everyday issues around the UK. | ||
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| Mind the Gap: the next step |  |
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| 1 September 2008 | ||
| Leonard Cheshire Disability has produced a new report which highlights the barriers that disabled people in Scotland face when using public transport and the impact it has on their lives. | ||
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| Up Close and Personal |  |
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| 4 July 2008 | ||
| Up Close and Personal is a groundbreaking report on disabled and non disabled people’s experiences of relationships. It explores such issues as how people feel about finding a partner, what difficulties they had in meeting people and where they socialised. | ||
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| Know Your Rights |  |
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| 12 June 2008 | ||
| Leonard Cheshire Disability’s guide ‘Know Your Rights. A Summary of Disability Rights, Services and Benefits in the United Kingdom’ is designed to inform disabled people of their rights under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, as well as the services and benefits that they are entitled to receive. | ||
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| Into the Unknown |  |
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| 5 April 2008 | ||
| 'Into the unknown' highlights new research carried out by Leonard Cheshire Disability into the experiences of disabled people using buses, trains, taxis and underground systems.
It also brings together the voices of local campaigners and existing work in this area to give a picture of the level of accessibility of public transport today.
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| Your Money or Your Life |  |
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| 27 March 2008 | ||
| Your Money or Your Life is Leonard Cheshire Disability’s latest report into disabled people’s experiences of loss of social care services in England. | ||
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| Disability Poverty in the UK |  |
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| 17 January 2008 | ||
| Disability Poverty in the UK is a ground-breaking report that not only looks at financial poverty but also poverty of opportunity and emotional poverty that disabled people face in the UK.
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| Disability Review 2007 |  |
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| 1 December 2007 | ||
| Disability Review 2007 is the first of an annual series of reports looking at over 1000 disabled people’s views and experiences from around the UK. | ||
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