For nearly 40 years, the Motability charity has helped more than four million people to get mobile, helping them to lease a car or scooter through a mobility allowance. However changes to the Disability Living Allowance have, according to a BBC News report [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35476904], resulted in more than two per cent of Motability’s customers –
By Frances Waight Despite the 2010 Equality Act, there are few signs that disabled people are having an easier time when it comes to securing employment. Although recent figures suggest the number of disabled people in employment increased by 94,000 in 2014/15, the ‘disability gap’ – the difference in the employment rate between disabled people
News from America – Rental companies not providing wheelchair accessible vehicles. In an article for Business Insurance on 4th June 2014, Matt Dunning reveals how American car hire companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc were sued by three wheelchair users for discrimination by not providing people with mobility impairments equal access to hire vehicles,
