Heatwaves are a Disability Rights Crisis

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As the heat surges again this week, it is essential to highlight that not everyone is impacted equally. Disabled people, along with other marginalised groups, are disproportionately affected. Polly Maton, our Community Organisation Lead on the Everyone's Environment programme, explains how heatwaves uncover wider inequality in our society and should be treated not just as a weather event, but a di…