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

Writer and model James Parr shares his sage advice.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 13, 2023

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.

AAP · Feb 13, 2023

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 · Feb 13, 2023

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 · Feb 10, 2023

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 · Feb 10, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023

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.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 9, 2023