We all remember the 2012 Paralympics and Olympic games, but the thing that remains with me was the unstoppable spirit of the Paralympians who broke new ground in disability awareness.
As Welsh Conservatives, our policies stem from a belief in the social model of disability — that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than being a necessary consequence of particular impairments.
After suffering from a brain tumour in 2011, which left me disabled, the rights of disabled people are never far from my mind. Fortunately for me, the tumour itself was treated and disappeared, but I was left with paralysis down my left leg and so I have first-hand understanding of the problems we face.
Thank you to everybody who came to the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington for our Sixth Disability Colloquium, entitled “Closing the disability employment gap”. Here is a taste of what our guest speakers had to say...
Over the next few months the CDG will be publishing a series of articles by MPs who have joined the CDG's advisory council, as well as by other interested parties. In this, the first article, Damian Hinds MP talks about the Kingsley Organisation’s centre in Bordon...
The Conservative Disability Group were delighted to welcome Maria Miller as the keynote speaker at the second annual colloquium. Ms Miller used her speech to highlight the three key themes to the Government’s disability agenda.
The Conservative Disability Group hosted their first parliamentary round-table discussion on the topic of the work programme in July 2011. Group Chairman, George Eustice MP, was delighted to welcome representatives from the charities Mencap, Remploy and Scope to Parliament...
