Silent vehicles pose danger to the blind
Electric vehicles should be made louder to avoid posing a risk to visually impaired pedestrians, according to the Guide Dogs association.
18 Jan 2013
Electric vehicles should be made louder to avoid posing a risk to visually impaired pedestrians, according to the Guide Dogs association.
NEARLY 20,000 cancer sufferers have been forced to return for repeated fit-for-work tests carried out by controversial French firm Atos. The company have a £100million-a-year contract with the UK government to test whether disabled people are capable of working.
The Prime Minister has claimed disability organisations support the Government's welfare reform agenda - and the DWP Minister for Disabled People has suggested disabled people are protected from cuts. These two myths need debunking.
HE's one of the world's longest surviving kidney dialysis patients and has had 33 years of renal treatment, four failed transplants and 14 heart attacks.
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