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Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most

The Walrus

People of State Pension age with joint pain could be due up to £369 each month

Nearly 1.5m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

‘We bring something fresh’: the theatre companies exploding myths about disability

Not Your Circus Dog’s new show is a riotous upending of audiences’ preconceptions of disability and neurodivence. It joins a swelling movement of similar collectives rewriting the stage rulebook

The Guardian - UK

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Parents urged to claim new child payment worth up to £627 each month to help cover additional costs

Nearly 44,000 children and young people with a disability or health condition were receiving the devolved benefit in September.

Daily Record

Child Disability Payment puts £60m in pockets of struggling Scots families

Minister for Social Security Ben Macpherson urged people to get in touch to receive the benefits "they are entitled to".

Daily Record

"Music is their language": school gives autistic Chinese youth a voice

Almost three years of pandemic restrictions have been hard for 23-year-old Chinese villager Zu Wenbao, but thanks to Beijing-based Chen's Studio, music has become his saving grace.

Reuters

Q&A blog: Celebrate International Day of People with Disability and learn from those with lived experiences

To celebrate International Day of People with Disability, we hosted a live Q&A so you can learn from those with lived experiences.

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Bunbury's quest for most accessible city not yet realised but efforts to improve disabled access continues

An ambitious goal of being the most accessible regional city in Australia has yet to be realised by the West Australian city of Bunbury, but efforts are bearing fruit.

ABC News

Entrepreneurs living with disability turn their ideas for social media, ID cards into reality to help others

Leanne Whitehouse has a plan to bring together the broader public and people with a brain injury, after she waited 25 years for her own diagnosis.

ABC News

New PIP online application service to be optional with other ways to claim offered by DWP

An online PIP service aims to reduce processing times and improve the claimant journey experience.

Daily Record

New weekly payment rates for ESA and JSA from April including additional premiums for disability and children

Payment rates will come into effect on April 10, 2023.

Daily Record

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

WEKU

Inclusive schoolies program ensures teens living with disabilities don't have to miss out on graduation fun

Mainstream schoolies events can be an ‘isolating’ experience for some teens living with a disability. But inclusive celebrations mean they don’t have to miss out on the party.

ABC News

DWP annual Christmas bonus for people on State Pension and certain benefits due this month

The qualifying period for the £10 payment starts this week.

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New sit paddleboards let people with a disability like Shane Hyrhorec enjoy water sports

When Shane Hryhorec saw accessible paddleboards overseas he wanted to make sure people in Australia could give them a go too.

ABC News

Centacare's John Red Kelly musical brings actors with disability to centre stage at HOTA

One loves heavy metal and the other prefers pop, but actors Joshua and Stanley are showing disability is no barrier to musical theatre through their performance of John Red Kelly.

The Independent UK

‘Deeply problematic’: Advocates pan New York City policy to hospitalise mentally ill people against their will

Disability advocates and civil rights group warn new policy amounts to unconstitutional discrimination

ABC News

Some people are 'disabled'. Others 'live with' or 'have a disability'. Here's the difference between identity-first and person-first language

Do you know what the most appropriate terminology is for someone from the disability community? Here's what you should know.

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The Conversation

God of War Ragnarök breaks new ground for accessible gaming – our research explains what more developers can do

Digital games are a bigger part of our culture than ever before. Over 50% of people in the UK, Europe and US are now gaming regularly, regardless of age or gender. Only recently, however, have developers begun consistently designing gameplay options for players with disabilities.

The Conversation

Dyscalculia: how to support your child if they have mathematical learning difficulties

A good grasp of maths has been linked to greater success in employment and better health. But a large proportion of us – up to 22% – have mathematical learning difficulties. What’s more, around 6% of children in primary schools may have dyscalculia, a mathematical learning disability.

The Guardian - AU

‘I haven’t been seen as a sexual option’: SBS series Latecomers to ‘rip apart’ sex and disability on screen

Led by and starring people with cerebral palsy, the new comedy doesn’t shy away from desires – and sex scenes – that other shows gloss over

The Guardian - AU

‘I feel like I’m ready’: blind surfer chases world’s biggest wave at Nazaré

Australian champion Matt Formston says his vision impairment gives him an advantage as he continues to push boundaries in the water

Daily Record

DWP shares which PIP claimants should receive an ongoing award with a light touch review after 10 years

An award for PIP can last anywhere between a few months and up to 10 years.

Daily Record

New Tax Credits payment rates and thresholds for 2m families across the UK from next April

HMRC has published a full list of proposed changes to Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits for 2023.

Tribune News Service

Consumer Health: Treating COPD

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a leading cause of disability and death in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association. More than 12.5 million people have been diagnosed with COPD, but millions more may have the disease without knowing it.

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