Wales’s most disadvantaged groups of people are being left even further behind the rest of society, Britain’s equality body has warned in the largest ever report on the state of equality and human rights in Wales and across Britain. The ‘Is Wales Fairer? (2018)’ report is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s most comprehensive review … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has welcomed Welsh Government’s commitment to improve the independence of disabled people in Wales as it opens a consultation on its new framework and action plan for independent living. ‘Action on disability: the right to independent living’ aims to develop and improve access to help, advice and services for disabled people in … Continued
Hijinx has launched seven recommendations for casting actors with learning and developmental disabilities for film and TV, whilst challenging the screen industry to produce a learning disabled Oscar winner by 2030. The standards, which include advice on avoiding stereotypes, auditioning appropriately and working in partnership, have been developed by Hijinx in a bid to promote … Continued
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