Author: Cane Foundation

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/12/homecare-services-crisis-uk-at-worst-point-yet-say-operators

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/10/the-great-subtitles-fiasco-channel-4-must-be-punished-for-failing-deaf-viewers

For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society ‘on an equal basis’ with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded. By Jan Grue

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/08/woman-nearly-died-from-bowel-complaint-when-care-plan-not-followed-disability-royal-commission-told

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/07/disability-royal-commission-woman-with-disability-sexually-assaulted-in-park-after-men-banned-from-visiting-her-accommodation

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/06/terminally-ill-ndis-patient-facing-re-hospitalisation-after-funding-cut-for-24-hour-nurse