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Disability charity warns 'Bakerl0.0' name changes could confuse vulnerable passengers

Every January, millions of Americans receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their Social Security or disability benefits. While that extra money is meant to help with inflation, it can quietly push recipients over the income limits for key assistance programs. From food stamps to Medicaid, these programs update their income…

Disabled claimants have come to expect ‘reliably poor service’ from the DWP, scathing review finds

Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are our experiments in uncovering meaning, power and inequality, and how it affects all…

A disability worker has been charged over the death of a man in a house fire at an assisted living facility nearly five years ago.

"I am always proud to represent this disability community, and be a voice and advocate in the space."

A lack of specialist consultants in NHS hospitals is leaving stroke patients without essential care, experts have warned

Frail oral health can reflect poor overall health in ageing people

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability.

Necati Ayhan, 22, receives a four-figure payout after an Asda delivery driver questioned his fibromyalgia disability, saying, 'You don't look disabled to me'.