Following a successful launch in England earlier this year, we are delighted to be launching Easy News – the UK’s first newspaper designed for people with learning disabilities – in Scotland on Friday 26th April. Our guest of honour at the informal launch will be Dame Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, who came along [...]

Today may prove to be a dark day for disabled people in the UK: it is the day when the Government’s much discussed changes to disability benefits begin to really take effect, with the replacement of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) by the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The change comes against a backdrop of controversy [...]

Esther McVey, minister for disabled people On Wednesday United Response was in the House of Commons launching Easy News, which we believe to be the first easy read newspaper designed for people with learning disabilities. The fruits of a year of hard work (not to mention decades of thinking about how to promote equality for the [...]

Information about politics and current affairs can be difficult to understand for anyone. For people with learning disabilities, the way the news is presented can make it even more daunting. This leads to people feeling disengaged from current affairs and is one of the many reasons that people with learning disabilities have historically not voted in [...]

At United Response we were very proud to see our Chief Executive Su Sayer awarded a CBE for “services to people with disabilities in the UK” in the New Year’s Honours list. Su founded United Response and is still our Chief Executive today – our 40th anniversary year. She has been a tireless champion for [...]