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Three disabled teenagers are among the seven skiers who will compete for Britain in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, in March. ParalympicsGB announced the names of the alpine ski-ing team – as well as three “competition partners” who will compete […]
A disabled peer is refusing to concede defeat despite the coalition narrowly overturning his amendment to the care bill, which would have provided human rights protection for residents of private sector and charity-run homes. Lord [Colin] Low secured the amendment after […]
International research on disability should focus on the barriers disabled people face, rather than endless headcounts of how many people there are in developing countries with different impairments, according to a leading disabled academic. Dr Tom Shakespeare, currently a senior lecturer […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has caused outrage after telling senior civil servants that it was “business as usual”, despite the court of appeal ruling that its “fitness for work” test discriminated against many disabled people. The court ruled […]
The number of disabled people eligible for a Motability vehicle solely on the grounds of a physical impairment could be set to plunge to just one-third of its current level within four years, government figures suggest. The new concerns emerged after […]
A disabled woman has been left in a coma, apparently as a direct result of the government’s welfare reforms, MPs heard this week. Sheila Holt was among disabled people whose cases were used by Labour MPs to show the need for […]
The number of occasions on which disabled people were prevented from using step-free tube stations in London because of staff shortages has more than quadrupled since 2009, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. Transport for All, the user-led disability […]
People applying for the government’s new disability benefit are facing delays of more than six months, according to a disabled Labour MP. Dame Anne Begg, who chairs the Commons work and pensions committee, said she was receiving emails from people who […]
The government should draw up a strategy to ensure advice and legal support are available for disabled people and others who get into difficulty in their daily lives, according to an inquiry headed by a disabled peer. The Low Commission says […]
The UK’s high streets are frequently off-limits to young disabled people because of staff attitudes, broken equipment, blocked shopping aisles, out-of-date information and inaccessible entrances, according to a new report. A survey of 100 members of the Trailblazers group of young […]