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Young disabled test London transport ahead of Olympics
As young people from Whizz-Kidz set out to test London’s buses, trains and boats for disabled users in Olympic year, its Kidz Board delivers a transport manifesto for No Go Britain.
There are 70,000 disabled children and young people living in the UK. This summer, many of them will be hoping to travel to London for the Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Today, 10 young people from Whizz-Kidz, some in wheelchairs, are taking part in a practise journey to London’s Olympic stadium.
You can follow @nogobritain on Twitter to see how they get on.
Writing for Channel 4 News, the group’s Kidz Board members outline what they would like to see improved in transport accessibility, as we head toward the biggest sporting events on earth.
Accessibility
All buses to be power-wheelchair and manual-wheelchair accessible. All taxis to have not just ramps, but ramps that a powered-wheelchair and manual-wheelchair can use safely.
Support for carers must be central to social care white paper
Government’s upcoming reforms must take the needs and contributions of unpaid carers into account
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Heléna Herklots
- Guardian Professional,
We will all need care or provide care for loved ones at some point in our lives – it is an issue for all of society and all parts of government.
As care and support for older and disabled people rises up the political agenda, decision-makers and the public are confronted with an array of stark statistics on the rising demand for care – with the number of people over 80 to double by 2020, 11 million people alive today expected to live to 100, the number of adults with learning disabilities to rise by a third by 2030 and the number of carers by 50% in the next 25 years to 9 million.
But these statistics do little to shed light on what this care challenge means in practical terms or what solutions might look like. They also fail to truly reflect how demographic change is bringing about significant shifts in all of our lives – not just the lives of people using social care services.
How un-fare: Sheffield OAP angry at bus pass swap
Pensioner angry at bus pass swap
A PENSIONER has hit out at an ‘anomaly’ which means disabled people in Sheffield lose an automatic right to free travel for their carer once they reach retirement age.
Sheffield Homes tenant board member Pat Molloy, of Heeley, has had his mobility pass replaced with a pensioners’ travel pass.
