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Experiences of stigma
UK: Increase in negative coverage of disability issues in print media

The report compared print media articles from 2004/5 and 2010/11 and found a reduction in the proportion of articles which describe disabled people in sympathetic and deserving terms. 

Published
24 October 2011
From
University of Glasgow press release
Employment
Fluctuating symptoms have major impact on quality of life and fitness to work, survey finds

Common but non-specific symptoms of uncertain cause can dominate the day-to-day life of some people with HIV, a survey by the National AIDS Trust has found. In many

Published
07 September 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Money, benefits and housing
UK: HIV specialist social workers and their importance

HIV specialist social workers are vital in supporting the client group but, as their posts are cut, generic practitioners will have to learn how to emulate them.

Published
30 August 2011
From
Community Care
Money, benefits and housing
Disability benefit doctors investigated

Twelve doctors employed by the firm that is paid £100m a year to assess people claiming disability benefit are under investigation by the General Medical Council over allegations of improper conduct.

Published
14 August 2011
From
The Observer
Money, benefits and housing
UK: HIV patients losing out from cuts to specialist social workers

People with HIV are losing out on vital social care support due to cuts to specialist social worker roles and rising eligibility thresholds.

Published
25 July 2011
From
Community Care
Immigration
UK: Immigrant relatives face five-year wait to claim benefits

Home Office ministers regard the squeeze on family migration as key in their drive to bring annual net migration to the UK down.

Published
13 July 2011
From
The Guardian
Money, benefits and housing
UK: Quarter of a million vulnerable people 'could see quality of life suffer'

Up to a quarter of a million elderly and disabled people will see their dignity and quality of life suffer after a legal decision paved the way for widespread cutbacks to home care, charities warned.

Published
07 July 2011
From
The Telegraph
Money, benefits and housing
UK: Legal move over disability benefit

A group representing 270 disability charities is launching legal action to obtain a judicial review of the government's plans for welfare changes.

Published
04 July 2011
From
BBC
Money, benefits and housing
Malawi stops extra pay for public workers with HIV

Malawi has phased out a scheme to give extra payments to nearly 40,000 civil servants with HIV, authorities said Thursday, accusing some workers of spending the money on beer and prostitutes.

Published
09 June 2011
From
The Citizen
Money, benefits and housing
UK: Curb on disabled care ruled unlawful

Birmingham city council, the UK’s largest local authority, acted unlawfully when it decided to provide support to people with disabilities only if their needs were “critical”, the High Court ruled on Thursday.

Published
20 May 2011
From
Financial Times
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