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Disability Now February newsletter: The latest news and views from the UK's biggest disability news website

Disability Now February newsletter

HAPPENING NOW

Charities feel the chill

Disability charities are surviving the economic downturn, just, but as the recession deepens chiefs can not rule out some going to the wall. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/news-focus/charities-feel-the-chill

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Convention delay alienates disabled people

The government was rebuked for its delay in ratifying a United Nations Convention promoting the rights of disabled people. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/news-focus/convention-delay-alienates-disabled-people

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Accentuate the positive

People increasingly rely on the information they get from media sources about hate and violent crime. The issue, asks Stephen Brooks, is has the media's continual and intense sensationalising contributed to an increased fear of hate crime? http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/campaigns/accentuate-the-positive/

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Your country needs you

Scottish disabled MP Anne Begg says politics needs more disabled people http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/politics-1/your-country-needs-you/

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Getting your kit off on TV

Emma Bowler explores the merits of Channel 4's wish to screen disabled people who'll bare all http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/media-watch-section-test/getting-your-kit-off-on-tv/

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Campbell says ratify before election

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton tells Sunil Peck that delaying ratification of the UN convention on disability rights may mean that it never happens http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/news-focus/campbell-says-ratify-before-election

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Living under Moscow rules

Russia's more than 14 million people with disabilities experience inadequate and inferior education, community isolation, and low self-esteem says Natalya Prisetskaya with Denise Roza http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2/world-view/living-under-moscow-rules

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More News: http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/latest-news2

COMMENT NOW

Culture change puts people first

There's a shift in care provision, away from what professionals think people need towards the needs of the individual, says Andy Rickell http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/have-your-say/andy-rickell/culture-change-puts-people-first/

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Showing a public face

Ten years ago Natalie Salmon gave up a teaching career. Now Head of Equality and Diversity for a national nursing organisation, she believes passionately that disabled people should take high-profile public roles http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/have-your-say/guest-column/showing-a-public-face/

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Ask the Experts

Lifting and handling, should users preferences come first; driving with epilepsy, is it a runner and moulded seats on aircraft http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/have-your-say/ask-the-experts-folder/ask-the-experts-10/

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Your letters

Tyne/Wear Metro scooter ban; playing hardball on badge abuse; life in Baghdad; a plea for Pudsey; parking ticket discrimination; wanted, new name for service users and Carter's sincerity marred by flippancy http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/have-your-say/letters/your-letters-february-2009/

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More Have Your Say: http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/have-your-say

LIVING NOW

One bubbly soap star

Channel 4's teen soap Hollyoaks welcomes the latest addition to its roster of characters. Kelly-Marie Stewart is blonde, bubbly and beautiful. And, as she tells Cathy Reay, she's about to make the most of her break to sell disability into the mainstream http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/features/one-bubbly-soap-star

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Dropping off the social radar

The numbers of disabled people seeking asylum in the UK is not known. But, as Sunil Peck reports, what is clear is that those who are here all too often fall between the two stools of social care and asylum support provision http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/features/dropping-off-the-social-radar

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Stepping up to parenting

Libby Webber ponders the life-enhancing side of becoming a disabled step-parent http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/up-close-personal/stepping-up-to-parenting

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Bluffing it out in Dublin

Two deaf poker players, Bassim Baz and Nick Gregory put their cards on the table for Cathy Reay http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/style/bluffing-it-out-in-dublin/

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Walk the walk of Southwark pride

Mental health and the past walk hand in hand as Kelly Mullan takes a toddle through the history of histrionics in south London http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/local-knowledge/walk-the-walk-of-southwark-pride/

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Island of love

Agnes Fletcher has visited Cyprus, an island which is a glorious, grand mosaic - where manifestations of an extraordinary past and a vibrant present are laid out across the country in a rich and colourful pattern http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/travel/island-of-love

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Uphill struggle

Self-propulsion by levers means you no longer have to grip your wheelchair's wheels. That's cleaner - but does it work? David Bourroughs finds out http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/tried-tested/uphill-struggle

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Making numbers count

Helen Smith says new number recognition technology could take the access hassle out of carparks http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/motoring-section/making-numbers-count

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Second-class honours

Eighteen Paralympians who claimed gold medals in Beijing have been recognised in the New Year's honours list. But there is controversy over whether they have been recognised equally with their Olympic counterparts http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/sport/second-class-honours

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More Living Now: http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living

ENTERTAINMENT

Romancing the medical model Chirpy optimist and Mills & Boon author Kate Hardy defends her genre with such vigour that cynic Kelly Mullan can't help but be charmed http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/entertainment/arts/romancing-the-medical-model

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It's a tall, tall world Despite an absolute disbelief in omens, Paul Carter is beginning to wonder whether his middle name is really Damien http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/entertainment/humour/its-a-tall-tall-world

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More Arts Now: http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/entertainment

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When: 7/2/2014