30 March, 2011

Disabilty Now April 2011 eNewsletter


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Welcome to the Disability Now eNewsletter. It contains summaries of and links to the content online which is also in the latest issue of the magazine. As Britain's leading disability magazine we're here to campaign for your rights, give you a voice and reflect all of our lives.
Cover of Peter Mitchell.

Happening Now 
NEWS UPDATE:  
Naked image exposes harsh cuts truth 

Going naked for the benefits cause
Editorial   – Triumph of myths and misconceptions 
Back to work: wishing won't make it so 
News View  – Grayling denies cuts and scrounger agenda
Employment Minister Chris Grayling 
News Update  – Begg at home for welfare reform fears 
Anne Begg listens to concerns 
Ruth Patrick  – Spring migration brings no joy 
Why spring migration doesn't bode well for the future 
Disability Rights  –  From virtual reality to actual rights 
Alan Holdsworth says it's time to walk the walk as well as talk the talk 
Mediawatch  –  Face to face with prejudice 
TV's Beauty and the Beast unmasked 
Politics     Curran's pick'n'mix on cuts 
Shadow disability minister Margaret Curran defends Labour's position 
World View  – Egypt's revolution... Heba's hope for future change 
Egypt: history in the making
 

One to Watch  – Cueing up for success 
Pool player Matt Lester never misses a cue
Naked image exposes harsh cuts truth
Naked image exposes harsh cuts truth

Have Your Say 
Guest Column:  
Hearing the wrong voices 
The current welfare reform activity means that disabled people are as much as in the news as we've ever been, but where, asks Tara Flood, are our actual voices in all this coverage 

Your views 
 –  Letters 
Senseless census questions, the humour of Crippen and Frankie Boyle, more assisted suicide fears, the wrong title and a word of thanks
 


Andy Rickell 
 –  Making equality a reality 
Looking to make equality more equal
Ask the Experts  –  Questions and answers  
How DLA changes affect over 65s, what happens when housing options run out and accessible driving lessons
 


Pete's place  
–  Government, Tarrant style 
The Gov giveth and the Gov taketh away
Hearing the wrong voices
Hearing the wrong voices

Living Now 
FEATURES: 
Questions of Identity: Coming out as disabled 
Having to "come out". Being called "abnormal". Or described as "queer". All of these phrases are regularly used as descriptions of non-straight sexualities, yet they work equally well as definitions of disability. But, asks Penelope Friday, what is it like "coming out" in two different ways - being disabled and gay/lesbian/bi/pansexual? And which is the most difficult for others to acknowledge? 

Features 
 –  Peter Mitchell's Hollyoaks High 
When a car crash ended what promised to be a successful career as a professional footballer, Peter Mitchell could be forgiven for thinking his shot at stardom had gone off target. But, as Annie Makoff discovers, as one door closed, another flew wide open
 


Obituary 
 –  Sir George Shearing: goodbye and farewell 
Sir George Shearing's last lullaby
 


Style 
 –  When Lara met Mik 
Style queen meets style king: Lara Masters and Mik Scarlet
 


Travel 
  –  Star Trekking with Peter White  
Walking in the sand: Peter White's desert trek
Helen Dolphin   –  Banishing the Blue Badge blues 
Government clamp-down on badge abuse 

Sport 
  –  Roll up roll up for Boccia 
On a roll: Boccia explained
Questions of identity: coming out as disabled.
Questions of Identity: Coming out as disabled
  
 
BACKLASH: 
He's finger-lickin' good! 
Was that really Colonel Gadaffi Paul Carter asks
Entertainment  –  All the stage's world 
Theatrical experiences with Maria Oshodi
 


Webwatch 
 –  A chance to share 
Young and online, a place to meet, share and compare
He's finger-lickin' good!
He's finger-lickin' good!
    
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