Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Whitfield (Labour), on Monday, 22 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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LAUNCH OF THE ANY DISABILITY SYMBOL

That this House welcomes the launch of the Any Disability Symbol in Parliament on 4 June 2019; endorses the use of new accessible signage that articulates that disabilities can be both visible and invisible; notes with concern the number of cases where people with invisible disabilities have been discriminated against for attempting to use accessible facilities; further notes with concern the difficulty those with neurological conditions and dementia have when attempting to use accessible facilities; congratulates the work of Lucy Richards, Studio LR and the Scottish charity Life Changes Trust in creating and funding the new 'Any Disability' symbol; notes the tireless campaigning of Grace Warnock regarding invisible disability awareness; welcomes Grace Warnock's role as the ambassador for this new signage; calls on the Government to change existing signage within public buildings and replace it using the Any Disability Symbol; and further calls on the Government to encourage businesses to also adopt the Any Disability Symbol on their existing signage.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2633 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Jim Cunningham

Jim Shannon

Helen Hayes

Hugh Gaffney

Jared O'Mara

Subjects

Access Disability Facilities Parliament

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk