Wait and see whilst the current government manages to ride roughshod with
the proposals to restrict DLA without the informed advice from the
appropriate quango, who I would suspect would at least act in some capacity
to mitigate the effects of the abandonment of a social model perspective in
assessing the benefits.
Similarly see them carry out new transport proposals without respect to any
comeback from an inconvenient Quango.
I do believe that DPTAC has had some positive outcomes, I can well recall
before there was such a body, and I can remember way back in the 90's
co-presenting a paper there at a hearing, many of the things that the paper
called for, have since come into being, with regards to accessible buses,
taxi's and concessionary transport. The last of these is certainly under
threat at the current time.
DPTAC has plenty of work cut out in terms of influencing a wider perspective
as to what "accessible" means in terms of being able to use public
transport, not a good time for the axe IMO.
Larry
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>
> Honestly, do you really think these bodies make a single bit of difference
to the lives of
> people with disability? And how many people who actually have a disability
are
> employed by these quangos? Honestly!
>
> But I am happy to be convinced otherwise!
>
> Axel
>
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