Category Archives: disability
(RED) workshop add energy and fun into learning
Rapid Enterprise Development (RED) workshop add energy and fun into learning about business planning
Keith Bates, Head of Employment at the Foundation for People with learning Disabilities:
“Last week we ran a lively two day Rapid Enterprise Development (RED) workshop in the South West as part of our In Business Project. The workshops are designed to add energy and fun into learning about business planning and offers people with a disability and those that support them the chance to really develop their business ideas.
People with disabilities are fighting the cuts
Carers campaign against changes to disability support services
2:00pm Friday 14th October 2011
PEOPLE with disabilities in Barnet have formed a group to fight recent changes to the council’s support services which mean they have to pay more for their essential care. Barnet Council introduced the Fairer Contributions policy in April this year.
Smartphone app used for disability benefits in Washington
Smartphone app offers help for people seeking disability benefits
By Aaron Leitko, Published: October 10
In trying times it’s nice to know there’s a place to turn for answers: your smartphone. The Advocator Group, an organization that helps Americans obtain disability benefits, has released a new smartphone app, “Disability Answers,” to help people with debilitating health conditions and their families handle the bureaucratic minefield surrounding Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare eligibility.