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An international collective of disabled hip-hop artists has brought its message of cultural activism and disability pride – along with a fierce attack on government cuts to disabled people’s support – to the UK. Krip-Hop Nation was founded by Leroy Moore […]
New rules introduced secretly by the Motability car scheme mean only disabled people who spend more than 12 hours-a-week in education, work, volunteering or caring will be given grants to lease a vehicle they can drive from their wheelchair. The Specialised […]
A disabled widow has accused the government of subjecting her and her late husband to “inhumane and cruel” treatment, after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) argued that it was not responsible for supporting them. Laurel Duut’s husband Peter died […]
New legislation proposed by a disabled peer would force public buildings such as shops and restaurants to install a ramp if the steps outside their entrances were six inches or less in height. The Tory peer Lord Blencathra, a wheelchair-user, drew […]
A disabled peer has warned her own government that tightening social security rules even further could lead to more deaths of benefit claimants, days after Disability News Service (DNS) revealed there had been 60 secret reviews into such tragedies. Last week’s […]
A disabled researcher has accused the prime minister of breaking his promise to disabled veterans that they would not have to be assessed for the government’s new disability benefit. David Cameron made headlines in July 2012 when he pledged in a […]
A Deaf advice worker could lose her job because of a “ridiculous” ruling by Access to Work advisers, who rejected her application because they claimed the interpreters who helped her communicate with clients were “doing the work” for her. Lottie Powell […]
A disabled planning consultant has described how he is only able to claim vital support from the government’s Access to Work scheme for one year out of every two, because of “nonsense” cost-cutting rules introduced by the coalition. Philip Barton raised […]
Separate reports by the children’s commissioners for Wales and England have highlighted the inequalities still faced by disabled children. A report by the children’s commissioner [for England] on the rights of disabled children and young people says they feel society still […]
New concerns have been raised over a court’s decision to allow a hospital to end the life of a 12-year-old disabled patient. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) secured permission from the high court in August to withdraw fluids from […]