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The government has agreed to cross-party talks on strengthening the law so that landlords would have to allow “reasonable” adaptations to the homes of disabled renters. Ministers had refused on Tuesday to back two separate attempts – by Green and Liberal […]
Disabled people from across the country have raised concerns about how seven major supermarket chains have introduced inaccessible fridges to stock fresh food in their stores. Disabled shoppers have highlighted stores run by Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, which […]
A major supermarket chain has been accused of discrimination after installing chilled food cabinets with inaccessible doors, preventing many of its disabled customers accessing fresh produce. Co-op has installed the inaccessible chiller cabinets in at least two of its stores, but […]
A luxury US chain that suddenly removed the reasonable adjustments that allowed a disabled campaigner to take part in its “spin” fitness classes has been accused of breaching equality laws. Rebecca Ogbonna (pictured) had been attending sessions at the Soho and […]
An autistic woman has been left without the workplace support she needs for more than 15 months because of repeated delays and incompetence by the government’s Access to Work scheme. Laura’s* employer, the autism support charity Autistic Nottingham, says it is […]
A disabled politician has described how the discriminatory treatment she received at the hands of the Liberal Democrats, as one of the party’s elected councillors, was so bad it triggered epileptic seizures and left her feeling suicidal. Avril Coelho, a former […]
An autistic man will receive £20,000 compensation after a “discriminatory” refusal to make the reasonable adjustments he requested for a job interview with the government agency responsible for NHS digital technology. Chris Tyerman applied in August 2021 for posts in cyber […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have criticised the measures taken to ensure that the Queen’s Lying-in-State is accessible to disabled people as “inadequate” and “disappointing”. The government has arranged an “accessible queueing scheme” for those unable to stand in a queue for […]
Disabled activists have warned Labour that it faces possible legal action if it continues to refuse to act to end years of disability discrimination against party members. Senior figures in the party – including leader Keir Starmer, deputy leader Angela Rayner […]
Disabled housing association tenants have launched a campaign they hope will put an end to widespread disability discrimination by their landlords, and raise awareness of the Equality Act. Disabled members of the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) have come together to […]