the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
The British head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has been heavily criticised after suggesting that future hosts of the Olympic and Paralympic Games should not be judged on their countries’ human rights standards. Sir Philip Craven told a journalist from […]
She is the first British alpine skier ever to win a gold medal at either a Paralympic or Olympic Games, but what Kelly Gallagher really wants to do is to go home, put on her pyjamas and watch some television. Before […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must act urgently to deal with the “dire situation” and “unacceptable” delays facing claimants of the government’s new disability benefit, according to a committee of MPs. The work and pensions select committee said in […]
A police force is struggling to explain why its investigation into the death of a disabled teenager in an NHS unit did not lead to criminal charges, and why it appears to have failed to learn lessons from a notorious abuse […]
The government must improve the way it contracts out services such as disability benefits assessments to the private sector, according to an influential committee of MPs. The public accounts committee said that an absence of competition for companies such as Atos […]
A police force praised for improving its work on disability hate crime following a notorious double death has been called in by another force to investigate an alleged assault on a disabled man by two police officers. Faruk Ali was apparently […]
A seriously-ill man on a waiting-list for a liver transplant has told how he is struggling to survive because of the lengthy delays in assessments for the government’s new disability benefit. His case is one of two reported on this week […]
A mother has told how her family had their Motability vehicle taken away because of a six-month delay in processing her daughter’s claim for the government’s new disability benefit. The case is one of two reported on this week by Disability […]
Campaigners for inclusive education have given a mixed reaction to the coalition’s Children and Families Act (CFA), which received royal assent this week. The act introduces a range of major reforms across adoption, family justice, and the special educational needs (SEN) […]
Disabled air passengers have been left with no protection from in-flight discrimination across Europe, thanks to a ruling from the UK’s Supreme Court. The court ruled that international rules on air travel – the Montreal Convention – take precedence during flights […]