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People with stress, anxiety or depression could be due up to £627 each month in financial help

Mental health conditions including stress, anxiety or depression can be supported through PIP or Adult Disability Payment.

Daily Record

A Few Pieces Of Advice For Able-Bodied People About Dating Someone With A Disability

Writer and model James Parr shares his sage advice.

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Employing clients can fix disability care, hearing told

A hearing of the Disability Royal Commission has been told of the unseen and often insidious ways workforce pressures can affect care delivery.

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Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start

Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to employing people with disability.

The Conversation

Poor care at Taree Anglican aged care centre a shocking story, but not surprise

When care falls short of expectations

Newcastle Herald

New DWP weekly payment rates from April for PIP, State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits

HMRC has also confirmed the new rates and thresholds for Child Benefit and Tax Credits.

Daily Record

Former NFL players are suing the league over denied disability benefits

Ten former players are suing the National Football League, claiming its doctors were biased and purposely gave them unfavorable reports so the NFL could justify not paying for disability benefits.

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New hub for disabled golfers is launched in West Lothian

Don't miss this week's Courier for more pictures

Daily Record

Former players sue NFL over ‘unscrupulous’ disability benefits plan

NEW YORK — Ten retired NFL players have filed a federal lawsuit against the league over its “unscrupulous” disability benefits program.

Tribune News Service

DWP clarifies reason some people on ESA will not be eligible for new £301 cost of living payment

More than eight million families across the country will receive the first part of the £900 means-tested cost of living payment

Nottingham Post

DWP could owe thousands of benefit claimants around £3,000 each

A trial found the DWP had discriminated against two claimants who had been left out of pocket

Liverpool Echo

Retired players accuse NFL of running a ‘sham’ disability program

The men said they left the game with lingering physical or cognitive injuries that make their daily lives difficult if not excruciating.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suit: NFL runs 'sham' disability program for injured players

Ten retired players are accusing the NFL of lying and flagrantly violating federal law in denying disability benefits

The Independent UK

Terrence was hiding that he couldn't read or write but now he reads books on his commute

It was for the saddest of reasons Terrence Lennon Wingfield skipped school a lot — the young Aboriginal boy was being relentlessly picked on for his disability. When his mother died, he tapped out completely.

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The Guardian - UK

I want to work, but employers can’t cope with my disability

Letters: If Jeremy Hunt wants the ‘economically inactive’ back in the workplace, they must be offered proper support, say readers in response to an article by Frances Ryan

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Class action lawsuit filed by former players against NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell

A group of former players has filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL.

Daily Record

DWP clarifies reason some people on ESA will not qualify for new £301 cost of living payment

The £900 means-tested cost of living payment will be made in three instalments over the next financial year.

Daily Mirror

Ex-MP Jared O'Mara jailed for FOUR YEARS over fraud to feed cocaine habit

O’Mara, 41 was convicted yesterday of six counts of fraud, after he and members of his staff attempted to submit fake expense claims worth £24,000 in the name of a fictitious disability support charity

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Manchester Evening News

The number of households in each area of Greater Manchester that will receive DWP cost of living payments in 2023

Those on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits will be eligible for the payments

Wales Online

New details of £900 DWP cost of living payment with eight million families eligible

The sum will be split across three automatic payments to eligible people's bank accounts from this spring

Daily Record

DWP encourages older people to check entitlement for health benefit worth up to £92 each week

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance could receive either £61.85 or £92.40 every week.

ABC News

South Australian government to fund support for refugees and migrants not eligible for NDIS

The South Australian government will fund disability support placements for refugees and skilled migrants, becoming one of the last jurisdictions to introduce the gap funding for people who are unable to access the NDIS due to their visa status.

Belfast Live

Cost of Living spring payments breakdown for areas across Northern Ireland

The first payments for those on means tested and disability benefits will be received in the coming months

Manchester Evening News

DWP issues cost of living payment update as it confirms number of households getting cash in 2023

Millions of people on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits will be eligible for the payments

The Conversation

Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is 'eco-ableism'?

This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban single-use plastics, including straws. While this is a win for the environment and marine life, it will come at a price for social inclusion.

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