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COMPENSATION FOR PARALYMPIAN UNABLE TO USE TOILET ON TRAIN
Anne Wafula Strike receives financial settlement from CrossCountry trains over out of order accessible toilet but says a lot of change is still needed... READ MORE›
WOMEN AND DISABLED PEOPLE HIT HARDEST BY YEARS OF AUSTERITY, REPORT CONFIRMS
David Isaac, the EHRC's chairman, said the study showed the poorest households faced a bleak future, and called on ministers to review their plans... READ MORE›
A LAW THAT WOULD SEGREGATE DISABLED PEOPLE? WE MUST ALL FIGHT TO STOP IT
For nearly 30 years, the Americans with Disabilities Act has protected the day-to-day rights of disabled people. A new bill threatens to take them away... READ MORE›
'INEXPLICABLY SAD' - REACTION FROM CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA
The case of an elderly woman found guilty of killing her disabled son has provoked an outpouring of compassion from Chinese social media users... READ MORE›
I HAVE LOST HOPE: THE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WHO ARE BEING STRIPPED OF THEIR BENEFITS
Many of the people I speak to say the PIP assessments do not take into account the effect their mental health conditions have on their lives... READ MORE›
SWITCH TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT WILL HIT LONE DISABLED PEOPLE
Letters When I am switched over to universal credit, I stand to lose over ?2,000 a year, writes Steven Livingston... READ MORE›
NO ONE WANTS TO ACCEPT THE DISABLED POUND
In the shops I went to there is no provision for access for wheelchair users, not even the cheapest solution of a lightweight portable ramp... READ MORE›
RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›
MISS WHEELCHAIR WORLD BEAUTY PAGEANT BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS
Miss Wheelchair World beauty pageant breaks down barriers for disabled women... READ MORE›
BLIND FEMALE ETHIOPIAN LAWYER WINS GLOBAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING DISABILITY RIGHTS
The 35-year-old human rights lawyer Yetnebersh Nigussie was awarded the 2017 Right Livelihood Award for her inspiring work promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities... READ MORE›
HAVE YOU BEEN UNABLE TO SHOP DUE TO POOR ACCESSIBILITY?
Retailers are commonly unaware of the needs of disabled customers and present physical barriers such as stairs, lack of seating or insufficient sales support... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Disability
THIS IS A DISABILITY ASSESSMENT: INTRUSIVE, HUMILIATING AND COMPLETELY POINTLESS | ROB CROSSAN
The additional sheer irrelevance of these questions relating to my own disability renders me silently apoplectic... READ MORE›
'I'M SUFFERING': WOMAN WHO CONFRONTED MAY TELLS OF DISABILITY CUTS ORDEAL
Kathy Mohan, who became an overnight champion of disabled people, says Tories' PIP scheme has left her unable to cope... READ MORE›
SWISS COTTAGE TESCO STAFF TELL BLIND WOMAN TO 'GET DOG OUT'
Related Stories A blind woman was left horrified and distressed when staff at Tesco in north London shouted at her to get her guide dog out... READ MORE›
DISABLED MUGGING VICTIM FUND REACHES ?100K IN TWO DAYS
Many had left comments wishing Mr Barnes well and praising Ms Cutler for what she had done... READ MORE›
FAMILIES WIN SUPREME COURT APPEALS OVER 'UNFAIR' BEDROOM TAX
Disability campaigners gather at supreme court for bedroom tax cases... READ MORE›
THE CRISIS OF DISABLED MILLENNIALS: 'IT FEELS HOPELESS'
With the social care crisis growing, last week MPs pressed Theresa May to take action... READ MORE›
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND MAN ASSAULTED FOR NOT STANDING FOR ANTHEM
A wheelchair-bound disability activist who was assaulted in India for not standing up to the national anthem recounts his harrowing experience... READ MORE›
TRAPPED: THE GROWING NUMBER OF DISABLED PEOPLE UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES | FRANCES RYAN
In Brighton and Hove, Robert Carver's wheelchair sits empty at the bottom of a flight of stairs... READ MORE›
LIMITED LIFE CHANCES OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN BRITAIN REVEALED BY DAMNING REPORT
David Isaac, chair of the EHRC, called for a new national focus on the rights of Britain's 13 million disabled people... READ MORE›
DISABLED PATIENTS 'RELYING ON CROWDFUNDING' FOR WHEELCHAIRS
People should not be having to crowdfund for the wheelchairs that they need... READ MORE›
AHEAD OF PM'S BENEFITS SPEECH, OUTRAGE AS MAN WHO CANNOT WALK OR TALK QUESTIONED OVER RECEIVING WELFARE PAYMENTS
Mr Gaskin, 46, has been receiving disability allowance since being diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis 16 years ago... READ MORE›
SHARP RISE IN REJECTED CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY BENEFIT
The DWP said it was completely unfounded to suggest there was any crackdown that was leading more people to be awarded zero scores at their assessments... READ MORE›
FOCENE JOURNAL FOR ITALIANS WITH DISABILITIES A PLACE IN THE SUN
At La Madonnina, plastic and wooden ramps crisscross the sand to reach rows of umbrellas, many equipped with platforms for wheelchairs... READ MORE›
'THE UK THINKS IT IS A LEADER IN DISABILITY RIGHTS. BUT IT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO'
In the quarter century that Liz Sayce, 63, has been an advocate for disability rights, she has witnessed momentous changes... READ MORE›
CUT TO DISABILITY BENEFITS MAY MAKE RETURN TO WORK HARDER, CLAIM MPS
It said it had for too long been a source of stress and anxiety for disabled people ... READ MORE›
VETERAN KATE SKYWALKER'S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL REJECTED BY AIR CANADA
A former Canadian soldier is taking on Air Canada over a travel policy that excludes service animals that offer emotional support to people with mental illness... READ MORE›
'MY MUM HAS BEEN DRIVER, COOK AND CANVASSER. THE STATE LEAVES A GAPING HOLE'
The Labour candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon on the barriers facing disabled people who aim to stand for election - and how to remove them... READ MORE›
1/10 JAMES MOORE TRAVELING
Mr Mitchell, from Clarksville, Tennessee, occasionally works as a substitute bus driver for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System CMCSS ... READ MORE›
I'M A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE A TRAILBLAZER TOO?
I'm a person with disabilities. Why do I have to be a trailblazer too?... READ MORE›
DISABILITY PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO STORM PRIME MINISTER'S QUESTIONS
Watch Disability Protesters Clash With Police While Trying To Storm PMQs... READ MORE›
WE MUST STOP LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE BEING DUMPED IN WASTE BINS OF LIFE
The young woman, who had a learning disability and autism, died at the Huntercombe Hospital 75 miles from her Nottingham home... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE AND CANCER WON'T STOP ME RUNNING THE LONDON MARATHON
This weekend I'll be running the London Marathon for the disability charity Scope... READ MORE›
GOOGLE COULD RELEASE A PHONE WITH A 3D SCANNER THIS YEAR
It could then make that into a model that could be used for augmented reality or direct people to important things... READ MORE›
DISABILITY CHARITY SAYS IT WILL FACE CRISIS IF FORCED TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE
Mencap lost appeal against ruling that it was wrong to have paid a support worker ?29.05 for a nine-hour sleep-in shift... READ MORE›
FIRMS ACT ON DISABLED ACCESS EXPOSE
Between her mother Polly Chowdhury, who suffered from low self esteem, and Kiki Muddar, who had a narcissistic personality disorder... READ MORE›
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WITH RARE DISORDER HAS PERSONAL CARE BENEFITS RESCINDED
After appealing for carer's allowance, Ava's disability care allowance was rescinded... READ MORE›
'I WORRY I'LL BE FORGOTTEN ON THE TRAIN'
People vacate the wheelchair space when asked on buses and people move on other forms of transport... READ MORE›
HOW ALEC BALDWIN'S CASTING IN BLIND IS PART OF A CATCH-22 FOR DISABLED ACTORS
However, the casting of Alec Baldwin as a visually impaired man in the upcoming film Blind has caused outrage among disability campaigners and disabled actors... READ MORE›
DISABLED PEOPLE'S VOICES NEEDED IN POLITICAL DEBATE
The Scottish fund recently supported 39 disabled candidates in the local authority elections, of whom 15 were elected... READ MORE›