accessibility Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/accessibility/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:30:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 “Second-Class Citizens”: The Impact of Illegal Guide Dog Refusals https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/second-class-citizens-the-impact-of-illegal-guide-dog-refusals/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/second-class-citizens-the-impact-of-illegal-guide-dog-refusals/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:30:09 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=61425 Guide dogs can change people's lives, but there is a darker side. Four guide dog owners told Empoword about the devastating impact of illegal access refusals. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/second-class-citizens-the-impact-of-illegal-guide-dog-refusals/feed/ 0 Chronic Illness And The New Normal https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/chronic-illness-and-the-new-normal/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/chronic-illness-and-the-new-normal/#respond Sat, 21 May 2022 21:59:11 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=24379 In the UK, one-third of disabled people have an energy limiting condition (ELC), long-term, or chronic illness. This number is set to increase with the growing number of people being diagnosed with long COVID. With these rising numbers, and now that the world is returning to normal, there is a greater need for things to change for the chronically ill.

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