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Deaf News: Human rights lawyers challenge Iain Duncan Smith to publish criteria applied to Access to Work applications

December 4, 2014 by

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Human rights lawyers at law firm Leigh Day have sent a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Work […]

Jen Dodds: Should Access to Work’s treatment of Deaf people be seen as ‘epistemic injustice’? (BSL)

November 7, 2014 by

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I’ve really had enough of Access to Work. My friends seem to be having constant problems with it, and I […]

“We were looking at how to possibly catch you out or restrict you.” Access to Work adviser talks to BBC News

October 31, 2014 by

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A BBC News report, aired on Wednesday evening, has shown an anonymous Access to Work adviser talking of a “culture […]

Deaf News: UK Council on Deafness welcomes commitment to improving Access to Work from Minister for Disabled People

October 30, 2014 by

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Here’s a press release from the UK Council on Deafness, which was released moments ago on the BDA Facebook page. […]

Professor Graham Turner: 10 key issues relating to the Access to Work crisis (BSL)

October 30, 2014 by

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While The Limping Chicken has made sure that Deaf people are appropriately stirred up about ATW, See Hear and William […]

Watch: See Hear’s Access to Work special

October 24, 2014 by

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For a full idea of the effect of the government’s Access to Work changes on Deaf people, you should watch […]

Geraldine O’Halloran: Update on the Stop Changes to Access to Work campaign (BSL)

October 23, 2014 by

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Hello, my name’s Geraldine O’Halloran. I’m one of the founding members of the Stop Changes to AtW group. I’d just […]

Deaf News: Deaf man who has set up his own business shows how Access to Work SHOULD work

October 21, 2014 by

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There’s been a lot of negative stories about deaf people have struggled to gain support from the government’s Access to […]

Darren Townsend-Handscomb: 6 suggestions for the Access to Work Select Committee (who had no BSL interpreter yesterday)

October 16, 2014 by

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(If you want to skip straight to what you can do, go straight to the suggestions at the bottom.) Yesterday, […]

Jen Dodds: Why you should support the Access to Work test case (BSL)

October 7, 2014 by

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Everyone knows about the Access to Work (AtW) problems that so many deaf people seem to have been having recently, […]