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The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Leading disability charities issue warning about Motability cuts

Analysis suggests changes to scheme could add an average £400 to upfront fees for users

The Independent UK

Teenager with hearing disability killed after reaction during T20 cricket world cup final misunderstood as cheer

Scuffle broke out after boy reacted loudly to fall of India wicket

The Independent UK

Texas students with disabilities struggle to qualify for extra school voucher funds

Confusion over the program’s special education requirements is making it difficult for families to meet a looming deadline — and creating more work for Texas school districts.

The Texas Tribune

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More Canadians are watching the Paralympics. Our research shows why that matters

Nearly 31 million Canadians watched Team Canada compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina earlier this year. With the Paralympics underway, fandom research suggests that millions are expected to tune in again.

The Conversation

Sainsbury’s manager awarded £12k for being left off International Men’s Day post praising male leaders

Darren Cooper said he felt ‘excluded, humiliated and violated’ by the social media snub

The Independent UK

ICE Deports Deaf Six-Year-Old and His Mother Mid-Asylum Process, Leaving Him Without the Devices He Needs to Hear

A six-year-old deaf boy was deported to Colombia without his hearing devices, raising concerns about immigration enforcement and disability rights.

International Business Times UK

ChatGPT Posed as a Lawyer, Convinced an Illinois Woman to Fire Hers — Suit Claims

An Illinois disability dispute takes a new turn as a lawsuit claims ChatGPT acted as a lawyer, leading to fresh litigation and significant legal costs.

International Business Times UK

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BBC’s outgoing director-general ‘profoundly regrets’ Bafta racial slur incident

‘I’d like to make clear: although the racial slur was symptomatic of a disability and an involuntary tic, it should never have been broadcast,’ says Tim Davie

The Independent UK

Trailblazing mother who founded Mencap honoured with blue plaque

The campaigner has been described by her granddaughter as an ordinary woman who ‘did something extraordinary from her dining room table’.

The Independent UK

Extra 53,000 households on disability benefits to receive water bill help

The WaterSure scheme caps the bills of certain households who use high amounts of water.

Evening Standard

From a 19-time world champ to Monster Mike: US athletes to watch at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

The Americans finished fifth in the medal table in 2022. A strong team will be looking to improve that record in Italy in the coming days

The Guardian - US

Gloria Don’t Speak by Lucy Apps review – tender portrait of a woman with a learning disability

Longlisted for the Women’s prize, this ambitious debut journeys into the inner world of a vulnerable teenager who is left traumatised by a toxic friendship

The Guardian - UK

NDIS ordered to pay up in 'significant' court battle

The national disability insurer was wrong to deny funding to a man in need of a mobility scooter, a court has ruled in a landmark decision.

AAP

Lauren Sánchez Bezos reveals how she hid dyslexia as a reporter with help of co-anchor

Former Emmy-winning journalist said she wasn’t diagnosed with the learning disability until college

The Independent UK

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Deaf rage and subversive scrawling: the show where disabled artists strike back

Though the art world is supposed to be inclusive, that isn’t the experience of many disabled creatives – and in a groundbreaking online exhibition at dis_place they have poured their frustrations into art

The Conversation

Emptying bins and photocopying: nurses’ skills are too often wasted in general practice

Australians are living longer, but we’re also living longer with disease and disability. Half of us now have at least one chronic condition.

The Guardian - UK

What the Baftas N-word controversy revealed about disability and race

Letters: Readers on the Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s tic during the awards ceremony and the aftermath

The Guardian - AU

Australians who need care because of age or disability shouldn’t be reduced to an algorithm

When we relinquish care to a computer, we put lives at the mercy of a flawed system

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The Guardian - UK

Top UK film and TV production school puts spotlight on students with disabilities

Exclusive: National Film and Television School introduces fully accessible accommodation and bursary scheme at its Beaconsfield campus

The Guardian - AU

‘Let me in!’ The artist inviting you to protest outside major art venues he can’t access

In Let Me In, Let Me Out, Hugo Flavelle takes audiences on a tour of galleries and theatres he has struggled in around Perth – creating a protest crossed with a mobile rave

The Independent UK

Charities warn Labour’s PIP review must ‘earn the trust’ of disabled people

Exclusive: A group of over 50 charities and disabled person’s organisations warn that the review is ‘causing concern’

The Guardian - UK

We Might Regret This review – brilliant disabled-led comedy continues to skewer its targets

Filmed last summer as the government sought to cut disability benefits, this groundbreaking show about an artist and her best friend is laugh-out-loud funny

The Guardian - UK

Jean Wilson obituary

Co-founder of the charity Sightsavers and tireless campaigner for the education of blind children

The Conversation

Disability and access to justice in four African countries: strong laws, weak in practice

South Africa has a reputation as one of the most progressive countries on the African continent when it comes to disability rights.

Everybody Loves Your Money

Many Social Security Recipients Are Updating Bank Info the Wrong Way — And It Could Delay Their Payments

Every month, about 70 million people receive benefits through the Social Security Administration. That includes retirees, people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, and those who rely on Supplemental Security Income. Nearly all of those payments arrive through direct deposit. When everything works, it works beautifully.

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