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The entire system of disability benefits and other support should be swept away and replaced with a single funding stream and assessment process, according to a new discussion paper published by a disabled consultant and activist. Simon Stevens said that witnessing […]
A Welsh user-led organisation is aiming to become the first in the UK to set up a co-operative that will allow disabled people to pool their support funding and secure greater independence and control over their lives. Disability Wales has won […]
A disabled couple who have spent four decades campaigning to persuade the public to be more accepting of difference have both been recognised with OBEs in the Queen’s birthday honours. Penny and Arthur Dean, from Stockport, have been involved with the […]
Two former government advisors have spoken of how they hope their new MBEs will boost their work campaigning for disabled people’s rights. Both Clenton Farquharson and Miro Griffiths are former members of Equality 2025, the government’s now-defunct, high-level network of disabled […]
A disabled entrepreneur recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours is hoping that the honour could help to persuade disabled children that there is an “exciting and thrilling” future ahead of them. Neil Barnfather, who receives an MBE, said it was assumed […]
Disabled campaigners say they have uncovered evidence that the German government deliberately sabotaged efforts to secure justice for thalidomide survivors in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They also say the German government knew the drug was associated with birth defects, […]
Eight thalidomide survivors who have waited more than 50 years for justice have launched a legal action against the companies that manufactured and distributed the drug. Some of the eight were previously denied compensation because they could not prove their impairments […]
Three user-led organisations have been recognised by the Queen for their work in their local communities. CoolTan Arts, in London; The Oyster Project, in East Sussex; and DEAFvibe in Staffordshire, will all receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The award […]
By Charlotte Wingfield A new campaign aims to change the workplace from a “hostile” environment to one that is far more welcoming to people with facial disfigurements. The charity Changing Faces says discrimination is still “rife”, so there is a need […]
A disabled campaigner is hoping to create a new way of funding transport access improvements – by persuading London’s mayor to set up a public fund that would allow individuals, councils and businesses to contribute towards the cost. Conrad Tokarczyk, from […]