Date: Thursday 3rd July 2025 Registration, tea/coffee & buffet: from 6:30pm Main event: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: The Great Hall, Parliament Buildings, Stormont Why This Event Matters On 3rd July, I’ll be speaking at a deeply meaningful event at Stormont — “Life Worth Living – A Celebration”. It’s more than a gathering. It’s a stand […]
A Life Worth Living: Join Us at Stormont
Northern Ireland Launches New Blue Badge Design to Tackle Misuse and Improve Access
A new Blue Badge design has been introduced in Northern Ireland in a bid to curb fraud and ensure the parking scheme truly benefits disabled people. The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) says the updated design, featuring improved security features, will help prevent misuse and make the scheme more robust. Blue Badges allow disabled people and […]
Join Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland to Say NO to Westminster Labour Imposed Disability Benefit Cuts
1pm Monday 14 April 2025 Erskine House, 20 – 32 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4GF While lavishing money on the military, the Labour government is rushing ahead with its attack on support for Deaf and Disabled people announced in Rachel Reeves’ Spring statement and proposals outlined in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to […]
Labour Step Up Tory War on Disabled People! Please join in this important campaign.
Please join in this important campaign Labour Step Up Tory War on Disabled People! Calling all disabled people to us about the impact on you of the Labour Government’s attacks in the media. We need you to record a short video message telling the world what you think of Starmer, Reeves and Kendall using the […]
Assisted Dying Bill: DDPOs Welcome Last Minute U-Turn But Criticise Inadequate Scrutiny Process
The Committee overseeing evidence gathering on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has given in to pressure to include a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO) on their list of witnesses giving oral evidence this week. The UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Monitoring Coalition welcomes the decision to include Disability Rights UK (DR […]
Liz Kendall: Don’t Continue With WCA Cuts: Northern Ireland Edition
28.10.2024 Dear Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions We are writing in response to contradictory media reports about whether the measures to tighten the Work and Capability Assessment (WCA) changes announced by the previous government in November 2023 will or will not be going ahead. The consequences of these […]
Call For Rethink Over "Horrendous" Disability Benefit Cut Plans: Northern Ireland Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 0.00 TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2024 The letter signed by 25 disability organisations and trade unions states: Disability organisations and trade unions have written to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, calling for a rethink over government plans to cut out of work benefits for severely Disabled benefit […]
Press Release: Disabled People Demand. A celebration of disabled people's creativity and our demands for the new Government
Press Release For Immediate Release 14th July 2024 On Thursday 18 July at Parliament Square, a host of disability rights campaigns and allies will welcome the new Labour government into office by presenting a set of solutions to the multiple crises faced by disabled people across the UK; followed by a celebration of our culture through music, […]
Linda Yaccarino CEO of X: Lift Irish Disabled Activist's Suspension
Ms Linda Yaccarino On the afternoon of Thursday 4th July, I received notification that three of my X accounts were suspended. @castleDD, @MyWayAccess and @DPACni. I was given no indication why these accounts were suspended. @castleDD is a paid Blue Tick account, so I expected an explanation for that account alone. I submitted appeals, which […]
DPAC NI Examines Local Manifestos for Deaf and Disabled People
With the election this Thursday, finally all the parties in Northern Ireland have their manifestos available for you to read and to win your vote. What do their manifestos have on offer for disabled voters? DPAC NI are not endorsing any parties running for election, but are merely giving you all the information they have […]