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Everyone is talking about the NDIS – we spoke to participants and asked them how to fix it

Last week’s budget revealed the rapidly escalating costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and rekindled fears among people with disability about its sustainability.

The Conversation

DWP shares new plan to help Universal Credit and ESA claimants with disability or health condition into work

The £1.3billion investment includes increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres across the UK.

Daily Record

Dis Life: 'Disabled people are not a lump to be pitied under the disempowering 'V word''

"The Vulnerable" is a name better suited to a crap indie band than to a complex, fully-rounded community of people, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

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Priest likens being gay to having a disability as he clashes with Joe Duffy on RTE Liveline show

The heavily-criticised clergyman has been removed from mass schedules after his bizarre rant over the weekend in Listowel.

Irish Mirror

Woman slammed for demanding that her boyfriend gets invited to her brother's wedding

After the woman went to the wedding with her partner, many people have accused her of being selfish and using her boyfriend's disability as a reason to defy her brother

Daily Mirror

DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

Liverpool Echo

Thousands of people in last year of life to have disability benefits fast-tracked by DWP

The rule change will reduce processing times for PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

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World No.1 disabled golf star eyeing Masters and The Open after picking up clubs aged 3

A bogey-free round of 66 at St Andrews propelled Kipp Popert to the world number one disabled golfer and next he wants to make history by winning a major professional tournament

Daily Mirror

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits ahead of Autumn Budget

The new boss at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was questioned in the House of Commons

Nottingham Post

Payments of £214 for young people on PIP and DLA to help with energy bills due this month

Claimants under-19 receiving Adult or Child Disability Payment will also qualify for the winter heating support.

Daily Record

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

The Autumn Budget is scheduled to take place on November 17 and questions have been asked about any upcoming changes to disability benefits

Chronicle Live

Trial to connect NDIS with job services

The federal government hopes to improve job prospects for people with disabilities through a pilot program connecting NDIS clients with employment services.

AAP

SA Support Services pleads guilty in Employment Tribunal after worker was sexually assaulted by client

A South Australian disability support service admits breaching workplace safety laws after a worker was sexually assaulted by a client in 2020.

ABC News

Thousands of disabled people in Greater Manchester had their benefits stopped while in hospital

If a person has to spend 28 days or longer in a hospital, their PIP payments are suspended under the so-called 'hospitalisation rule'

Manchester Evening News

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Thousands more terminally ill people to have disability benefits fast-tracked by DWP

Landmark legislation has been passed to help people nearing the end of their life get faster access to financial support

Bristol Post

Bristol teen Oliver McGowan's legacy lives on as health staff trained on learning disability and autism

Oliver died in 2016 after being given antipsychotic medication, despite warnings from his family

Daily Record

People of State Pension age to get £300 on top of Winter Fuel Payment over next few weeks

The £300 pensioner cost of living lump sum will be added to Winter Fuel Payments in November and December.

Daily Record

DWP does not rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits in Autumn Statement this month

DLA, Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance eligibility could be changing.

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Wales Online

Terminally ill to have disability benefits fast-tracked

A change in the law means people who are in the last year of their life can get faster access to financial support

The Guardian - AU

Labor to launch trial to help NDIS participants who want to work

Social services minister Amanda Rishworth to announce pilot scheme aimed at lifting employment rates among people with disability

Daily Mirror

Cold Weather Payments explained: How much they're worth and who gets them

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are sent out to people on certain benefits when the average temperature where you live hits zero degrees or below over seven consecutive days

Salon

Ableism abounds in Fetterman discourse

John Fetterman's stroke — and the public discourse over it — isn't really about neurology, advocates say

The Guardian - UK

Health staff in England to be trained on learning disability and autism

Mandatory programme named after Oliver McGowan, whose mother led a campaign after his death in 2016

The Independent UK

All the cost of living help available before Christmas and how to get payments

Poorer households are expected to be hardest hit, while elderly people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

Daily Record

People of State Pension age with arthritis could be eligible for up to £92 extra each week

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

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