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House of Lords Favour DLA Over Reform

The House of Lords tonight inflicted three defeats in a row on the government'​s welfare reform bill., bringing fresh hope that disability living allowance may yet be saved from the axe next week.

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Travel

Mind the Gap

In the run-up to London’s 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, the on-going preparations for the events have enjoyed frequent national news coverage. But disappointingly for games that set out to be the most inclusive yet, there seems to have been too little consideration of how disabled spectators will travel to the venues.

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Shopping

Good quality Mobile phone services and accessories, are provided to disabled people by law

The US mobile phone technological company AT&T, has said recently that they are to develop more accessible products and services for disabled people; such as providing phone bills and other documents written in Braille for the blind and large print for the visually impaired; and will aim to provide better technology and service to people who are hard of hearing, deaf or have physical disabi

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Sport

Colchester United Deaf Football Club in Ascendance

When most lads their age are still arriving home from the night before or still sleeping it off Colchester Utd Deaf FC are up and about with a bang. And they are a determined group, keen to show that a loss of partial or full hearing just made them even more skilled on the football pitch.

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Hairy Toes

Why is it when we grow old,
that we have to get so hairy?
It's not even something that we're told,

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No One Tells You

No one tells you how you’ll feel,
When the world outside becomes so real,
When you’re all grown up with decisions to make,

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Blood Curdling Colchester

I first heard about the Colchester Ghost Walk from a friend who attended a short taster session and really enjoyed it so I recommended it to the Da

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