Music fans face premium-rate phone charges to book access for live events
More than half of disabled people who have tried to buy tickets for live music…
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Stephen Hawking: Scientist, role model and defender of rights
Tributes have been paid to Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist and “disability icon” who was…
Benefits Street antidote ‘will not be a safe space for audiences’
An award-winning disabled poet, performer and stand-up is hoping that her new show – based…
New year’s honours recognise campaigners, inventor and Paralympians
Disability rights campaigners, an inventor and a Paralympic athlete are among the disabled people recognised…
Oliver comes out of retirement to deliver stinging rebuke to ‘parasite’ charities
One of the key figures in the disabled people’s movement has come out of retirement…
Paralympic classification scandal: ‘Athletes are cheating in search of medals and money’
The system of Paralympic classification is being abused by cheating British athletes in search of…
Paralympic classification scandal: MPs criticise BPA boss for six years of inaction
The head of the British Paralympic Association (BPA) has been heavily criticised by MPs for…
Paralympic classification scandal: MPs hear athletes’ concerns over flawed system
Disabled athletes and their families have given evidence to MPs about widespread cheating within the…
Five Premier League clubs ‘have let disabled fans down’ over access
Five Premier League football clubs have let their disabled fans down by failing to meet…
Some television companies say just one per cent of staff are disabled, says Ofcom
As few as one per cent of the employees working for some UK broadcasters have…