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People with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma are often being re-traumatised by talking to the media about deeply personal experiences, a new report has found. The Not Just a Story report, which explores how people with lived experience are […]
New research commissioned by a Deaf-led charity has found that nearly all users of British Sign Language (BSL) would rather watch television programmes created in BSL rather than those featuring an interpreter in the corner of the screen. The research found […]
Inaccessible public transport is a “growing barrier” for disabled sports fans, according to the results of an annual survey by a disabled-led charity. Level Playing Field said the results of its fifth online survey showed that the proportion of disabled fans […]
A new project to research and reveal 50 years of stories behind the rise of the disability arts movement has been awarded nearly £250,000 of National Lottery funding. Disability Arts Online (DAO) is hoping its project will collect previously untold stories […]
The broadcasting watchdog has been told it is normalising the abuse of disabled people, after its “unacceptable” refusal to investigate a commentator who suggested the best way to cut disability benefit claimant numbers was to starve or shoot them. Ofcom decided […]
A disabled journalist has said she hopes her new book detailing the history of disability activism will show other disabled people how they can fight back against the waves of attacks on their rights and support. Rachel Charlton-Dailey’s book, Ramping Up […]
A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to starve, or even shoot, them. It is just […]
A major London theatre is to host an installation that exposes how Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) austerity measures caused countless deaths of benefit claimants, just as the new government tries to push through a new wave of spending cuts. […]
The broadcasting watchdog has refused to explain why it appears to have become so much more reluctant to stand up against disability hate speech in the media over the last 15 years. Ofcom was accused of failing millions of disabled people […]
The broadcasting watchdog has failed millions of disabled people by clearing two television programmes of disability discrimination and causing offence, including one in which some young people on disability benefits were described as “parasites”. One disabled activist warned that Ofcom’s decisions […]