Disabilty Now April 2011 eNewsletter

Disability Now update  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.   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   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   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      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!      ADVERTISE WITH DISABILITY NOW  Disability Now is the UK's leading monthly disability magazine. If you advertise in Disability Now you will reach more than 60,000 readers and over 35,000 website visitors. For more information email:patrick.durhammatthews@disabilitynow.org.uk or tel: 020 7619 7336.  FEEDBACK AND EDITORIAL   If you have a story for Disability Now or any comments or feedback on the Disability Update bulletin, please let us know by emailing editor@disabilitynow.org.uk   FACEBOOK AND TWITTER   If you have already joined the growing army of people signed up to micro-blogging services Twitter andFacebook then you can now follow Disability Now to keep track of the latest news as it breaks on our website. Please click logos as below to join.   Sent by Disability Now, 6 Market Road, London, N7 9PW, UK.   © Disability Now 2011