Many disabled people in Scotland are living in “completely unacceptable” housing conditions, according to a new report. The report’s findings are set to be discussed at a “ground-breaking” conference on the housing problems faced by disabled people, to be held … Continue reading →

Health professionals who are using a controversial new test to assess disabled people for out-of-work disability benefits believe the threshold for claiming the payments has been raised too high, according to new government-funded research. Doctors and other healthcare professionals said … Continue reading →

Disability charities have launched a petition calling on the government to scrap plans to remove a vital benefit from disabled people in residential care. Members of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) believe that removing the mobility component of disability living … Continue reading →

Evictions and increased levels of homelessness among disabled people are an “inevitable” result of the government’s housing benefit reforms, MPs have been told. In a report on the likely impact of the reforms, the Commons work and pensions committee – … Continue reading →

The government has said it could scrap the legal duty for builders to provide written access statements, sparking concerns among leading access experts. Access statements lay out how developers and designers have addressed access issues when working on new or … Continue reading →

Three leading national charities for blind and visually-impaired people are discussing how they could “combine forces” to improve the services they provide and offer a “more unified voice”. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Action for Blind People … Continue reading →

The new national strategy for adults with autism is proving to be “seriously flawed” and “dreadfully disappointing”, according to autistic rights campaigners. The Autistic Rights Movement United Kingdom (ARM UK) spoke out as the government published new statutory guidance for … Continue reading →

Two-fifths of employers still believe that staff with mental health conditions are a “significant risk” in the workplace, according to a new report. A survey of British businesses for the report found that the proportion of employers who believe it … Continue reading →

A new project aims to find some of the best examples of inclusively-designed outdoor public spaces across Europe. Five European specialists in inclusive design have secured European Commission funding – through the Leonardo programme – to research how public spaces … Continue reading →

Campaigners who protested this week over the government’s housing reforms have warned that the coalition’s “savage attacks” on housing benefits will cause increasing numbers of disabled people to become homeless. A large group of disabled activists defied wintry conditions to … Continue reading →