Disability News Service (DNS) is edited by John Pring, a disabled journalist who has been reporting on disability issues for nearly 25 years.
He launched DNS in April 2009 to address the absence of in-depth reporting in both the specialist and mainstream media on issues that affect the lives of disabled people. Since January 2026, DNS has been owned by The Canary, a radical, left-wing media organisation.
The news service focuses on issues such as discrimination, equality, independent living, benefits, poverty, activism and campaigning, and human rights, but also covers employment, transport, education, housing, crime, and arts, culture and sport.
Most of the news stories are researched and written by John Pring and are sent out to subscribers every Thursday lunchtime. They are then uploaded onto the DNS website after 5pm the same day.
The following organisations subscribe to Disability News Service. Some of them use the stories on their websites and blogs, others in their magazines or newsletters, or to brief colleagues or clients:
- Able Community Care
- Action on Disability
- All Together Now!
- Amnesty International UK’s Disabled People’s Human Rights Network
- Changing Perspectives
- Choice and Rights Disability Coalition
- Darlington Association on Disability
- disAbility Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Disability Rights UK
- Disability Wales
- Inclusion London
- Inclusion Scotland
- Motability Foundation
- Recovery in the Bin
- Regard
- Shaping Our Lives
If you would like to contact John Pring, you can do so by email, phone, or text message:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07776 206595 (9am to 7pm for phone calls, weekdays only please)