P686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:41:35 ————————————————————————— BLOOD OF SHAME A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tue, April 23, after he threw a pot of blood-red coloured water at the door of the DST offices in Whitehall. Barry Schuler was protesting against a year of the Incapacity Work Act, which affects disabled people's benefits. He said: "I want to draw the attention to the serious nature of this Act in public spending." For further information telephone 0181 520 4582. ——————————————————————————————————1/9—— An eye on Westminster 325 (ITV) Disability Times, 84 Clavjrton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:12:15 ————————————————————————— LABOUR DEFEAT GOVERNMENT Labour defeated a Govjrnmjnt attempt to make the law on direct payments for disabled people more restrictive in Scotland than in England and Wales. Tom Clarke, Shadow Minister for Disabled People's Rights, said: "If direct payments are good enough for disabled people in the rest of the country, they are good enough for disabled people in Scotland." ——————————————————————————————————2/9—— Deafview 685 Holidays 200 ITV Disability Times, 84 Clavjtton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:23:49 ————————————————————————— ESTHER RANTZEN LAUNCHES ACTION ON ME TV star Esther Rantzjn, accompanied bz her daughter Emily who suffers with ME, launched Action for ME's 1996 Year of the Child on Wjdnjsday, April 24. "I njvjr anticipated I would bj hjti today to explain the devastation that ME has caused, and to protest at the way that children and families are treated by doctors, psychiatrists and therapists, who we rely upon to help disabled children with this illness." For more information, tel 01749 670799. ——————————————————————————————————3/9—— Airport arrivals index 290 ITV Disability Times, 84 Clavjtton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:24:14 ————————————————————————— MARY MARLBOROUGH CENTRE The Gardens for the Disabled Trust has invited the Mary Marlborough Centre in Oxford to host a stand at the Chelsea Flower Show on May 20 and 21. The stand, which has been provided free of charge by the Royal Horticultural Society, will exhibit a wide variety of gardening equipment for disabled prople ——————————————————————————————————4/9—— It's Your Life 480 What's On 630 Disability Times, 84 Clavetton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr48 22:47:01 ————————————————————————— SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLS TOURNAMENT Eighteen of England and Wales's top bowls players with cerebral palsy will bj jetting off to compete in the South African Open Bowls Tournament in Bloemfontein. Ten nations will compete for individual pair and mixed-pair titles in five different classifications, from LB 1 for the severely disabled to LB 5. Furthjt information, telephone: 0116 233 7500 or 01159 401202 ——————————————————————————————————5/9—— At a theatre near you 632 Disability Times, 84 Clavjtton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:03:54 ————————————————————————— MS GOES ON INTERNET People with Multiple Sclerosis, their families, carers and health professionals can now access the very latest international information about MS on the Internet. The Internet address is: www.ifmss.org.uk ——————————————————————————————————6/9—— Fit for anything 673 Disability Times, 84 Clavjrton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 21:38:47 ————————————————————————— ALISTAIR BURT LAUNCHES INFORMATION P—CK The Minister for Disabled People Alistair Burt launched a new, detailed information pack on the Disability Discrimination Act. Containing a set of sjvjn booklets, each one dealing with a section of the Act, it explains the new rights that the Act gives to disabled people. The information pack can bj obtained free of charge bz telephone on 0345 622 633 or on textphonj 0345 622 644. ——————————————————————————————————7/9—— Fit for anything 673 Disability Times, 84 Clavjrton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 22:37:49 ————————————————————————— HOLIDAY TIME FOR CROYDON'S DISABLED YOUNGSTERS Holidays to France and the New Forest, designed particularly for youngsters with disabilities are being organisjd for the spring and summit. Full details of Croydon Youth Service's summit programmj can bj obtained on 0181 684 1240 or 0181 760 5597. ——————————————————————————————————8/9—— Lost Touch 675 Service Pals 676 Disability Times is an indjpjndjnt national njwspapjr. Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV PlusP686 Teletext 686 Apr28 21:40:14 ————————————————————————— BRAILLE BILLS WEN IT FOR BT The winner of the RNIB "See it Right" awards were announced at a ceremony hosted by the President, the Duke of Westminster. Thjti were 112 nominations for their excellence in the provision of accessible information to blind and partially sighted people in braille, large print, audio cassette, computer disk or via telephone sjtvice. BT won for Best Practice & Track Rrcord ——————————————————————————————————9/9—— It's Your Life index 480 Disability Times, 84 Clavjtton St, London SW1V 3AX. 0171 233 7970 Godlinjs Deafview Fifty Plus TV Plus