Author: Doug Paulley

Wheelchair user and residential care user, sometimes thorn in the side of authorities.

The Grayson tapestries at Temple Newsam and Wheelchair Accessibility

Leeds City Council decided to hold Grayson’s tapestry exhibition in Temple Newsam, a venue largely inaccessible to wheelchair users. People protested as a result. The Council’s Equality Impact Assessment claimed that a primary reason was the unavailability of the venue on the dates set by Grayson’s representatives. Yet correspondence just released shows something different… From:…

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Support DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) to expose institutionalisation and poor care

DPAC have been served with a Cease and Desist letter from a healthcare provider after they published details of how a disabled man in Ireland has been treated. I am reblogging their recent post in support of them. DPAC has removed our most recent piece on Anthony Kletzander from our website due to a ‘cease…

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Leonard Cheshire Disability, the Living Wage and their charges

I just put in a complaint to Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD). (Out of character, huh.) It is as follows: …”Inter alia, you explained that the home is having difficulty recruiting carers and that carers and good quality carers are not applying for our posts. I volunteered the opinion that whilst we are lucky in that…

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