Tag Archives: disability

Digital inclusion is key to ensuring as many people as possible remain involved in the community

Accessibility is vitally important for people with disabilities and older mobile users

Should the mobile industry be talking more about accessibility? A new report on the number of disabled people worldwide could provide a powerful incentive to users and developers alike

 

When smartphone apps are not designed with accessibility in mind, people with disabilities – whether visual, cognitive or others – risk being shut out

Concerns about Carers having to travel long distances to acute wards

Mental health charity joins the SOS battle

 

by ADRIAN JENKINS

A LEADING mental health charity has backed the Mail’s fight to retain inpatient psychiatric beds in Burton.

Mind’s endorsement came on the day it published a report which campaigners claimed gave further support to their case.

 

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“We appreciate that with the increasing emphasis towards mental healthcare in the community, there’s hope that fewer people will need beds on acute psychiatric wards,” said Ken Builth, chairman of trustees of Burton and District Mind.

The poor, disabled and elderly are hit by fuel poverty

 

Focus on rising fuel costs hitting North East

SHOCK figures have revealed more than half of households in some areas of Newcastle are trapped in fuel poverty.

 

And the number is set to rise as temperatures plummet and fuel prices rocket, forcing some to chose between heating or eating.

In Elswick, 52% of households struggle to pay bills according to information released today by campaign group Consumer Focus and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau.