The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Scots can request £50 winter heating payment if money does not show in account by end of week

Social Security Scotland said that all automatic payments have now been processed.

Daily Record · Mar 29, 2023

People urged to share views on cost of living support for disability benefits before end of March

A parliamentary debate in May will look at the current levels of support for millions of people on disability benefits.

Daily Record · Mar 29, 2023

Man, 84, with special needs languished on trolley in emergency department for four days

The patient, who has an intellectual disability and a number of serious medical conditions, presented at the emergency department early on Friday morning accompanied by a carer

Irish Mirror · Mar 29, 2023

No Pseudonymity in Employment Lawsuit Claiming Discrimination Based on Past Opiate Addiction

From yesterday's decision by Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Black Diamond Capital Mgmt. LLC: Now before the Court is the motion of plaintiff "John Doe" for an order granting leave to proceed under a pseudonym, or in the alternative, to seal his complaint. {[H]is brief does not…

Reason · Mar 28, 2023

New DWP ‘online apply service’ for PIP being offered to 60 people making a new claim each day

The invitation to apply online will only be extended to those starting a new claim over the phone.

Daily Record · Mar 28, 2023

Wisconsin’s disabled voters face barriers amid ‘massive confusion’

Disabled voters push for better protection voting absentee and with assistance after temporary ban that disenfranchised some

The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2023

‘An inherent indignity’: the fight to get workers with disability a living wage

Advocates are highlighting a system of state tax credits across the US that allow employers to pay employees as low as $3 an hour

The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2023

Woman claims flight attendant refused to let her store her wheelchair on plane

Disability advocate Maayan Ziv spoke about a recent incident on an Air Canada flight when she claimed that a flight attendant wouldn't properly store her wheelchair

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2023

Disabled people are ‘lost and excluded’ when disasters hit, says UN advocate

Lack of data and fallout from Covid both hamper equal rights, and women suffer worst, says new chair of UN disability rights committee

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

NDIS mark-ups for people with a disability as bad as wedding price gouging, insiders say

It's been coined the "disability tax" where some NDIS participants are being charged double or even triple the price of services compared to those not on the scheme, for the exact same treatment or product.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023