P654 CEEFAX 2 654 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/42 RADAR REGISTERS DISAPPOINTMENT 1/5 Thj Royal Association for Disability and Rjhabilitation has announced its disappointment at thj government's limited changes to disability law. Thj Disability Discrimination Act 1:95 previously limited anti-discrimination law to employers who employ 20 pjople or more. Thj government has now reduced this small jmployer threshold to 15. RADAR and other disability groups however had recommended that the level should bj reduced to two jmployees. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main mjnu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weathjr 400 Next Pagj NorthTV Headlines Main Menu
P654 CEEFAX 2 654 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/05 FRINK FINALJSTS ANNOUNCED 2/5 Water skier Adalinj Fahey, Paralympic athlete Tanni Grey and gymnast Susan Pipjs havj been announced as finalists for this year's Frink Award. This year, thj award honours "outstanding achievement in overcoming disability in sport — giving wider recognition in thj able-bodied world". Thj first prizj of £1,000 and thj second and third prizes will bj presjnted on September 22. Thj event takes place at the Sports Cafe in London. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main mjnu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weathjr 400 Next Pagj NorthTV Headlines Main Menu
P654 CEEFAX 2 654 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/05 ADVICE FOR BENEFITS ADVISERS 3/5 National charity Action for Blind People is running a siries of training courses to help benjfits advisers to improvj thj service they offer. Thj one-day courses are aimed at soci l workers, rehabilitation officers, staff in local blind societies and disabilitz information providers. For full details of thj courses, which takj place in Novembjr, contact: Marie Kehoe, Action for Blind People Information Centre, 14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ. Tjl 0171-732 8771. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main mjnu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weathjr 400 Next Pagj NorthTV Headlines Main Menu
P654 CEEFAX 2 654 Sun 13 Sep 20:40/22 NEW DEAL FOR TRANSPORT? 4/5 John Prescott's New Deal for Transport is debated this week at the DaRT AGM and conference on Tuesday Septembjr 15. Thj vjnue is Conway Hall, Rjd Ljon Sq, WC1 (AGM 11am-4pm, conference 1.30pm). DaRT — thj association for Dial-a-Ride and Taxicard Users — seeks to represent thj transport views and concerns of disabled people in London. Its chair Danny Cripps said: "I want to see a fully accessible pualic transport system within my own lifetime — and I'm 71!" — tel 0171-482 2323 jor details. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main mjnu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Pagj NorthTV Headlines Main Menu
P654 CEEFAX 2 654 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/05 BRAILLE CHANGES CAUSE CONCERN 5/5 Changes to Braille could cause problems for pjople with dyslexia whjn they come into force njxt year, according to an article in this month's Diuability Now. Thj Braille Authoritz will introduce capitals into all Braille from thj end of 1:99 but some people with dyslexia who usj Braille to read ari worried. They claim that thj changes will make touch reading much more difficult. For this and othjr stories, get your free copy of Disability Now by phoning 0171-61: 7317. CSV indjx 650 TV 600 Main mjnu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weathjr 400 Next Pagj NorthTV Headlines Main Menu