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Equality Act

Calls to restore the Access to Elected Office Fund

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The BDA welcomes a new petition to restore the Access to Elected Office Fund by More United, fronted by former BDA director David Buxton alongside Emily Brothers and Simeon Hart.

18th April 2018

WFD & WASLI- Use of Signing Avatars

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WFD and WASLI have jointly developed a statement to express their concern about the way in which decisions on where and when to use signing avatars as a form of access to spoken or written content is being managed by public authorities.

15th March 2018

Meeting with CAPITA PIP assessors

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On Tuesday 6th March, the BDA were invited to give a short presentation to the CAPITA PIP assessors at Fort Dunlop Birmingham.

9th March 2018

PIP – What you need to know

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The British Deaf Association (NI) is pleased to announce that they will be holding a series of six specially arranged PIP Road Shows for Deaf Sign Language Users.

26th February 2018

SDLP welcomes PIP changes for deaf

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The SDLP’s Deputy Leader, Nicola Mallon, has issued a press release welcoming changes made to the PIP assessment process for deaf applicants.

26th January 2018

Deaf man to pursue AtW case in courts

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The British Deaf Association can report that a Deaf senior executive is taking legal action following implementation of the Access to Work cap.

7th December 2017
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