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These benefits claimants will miss out on £500 in DWP cost of living payments

Those on health and disability benefits say they have not been included in the full amount, despite having higher costs than those on other welfare payments

Chronicle Live

'Strong, confident, and passionate' disability sports campaigner dies aged 27

Jonathan Williams worked tirelessly to improve life for people with disabilities in Wales

Wales Online

DWP rejects call to give £650 cost of living payment to people on contribution-based ESA

A Labour MP also called for other non-means tested benefits to receive the payment.

Daily Record

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Support for energy bills in Glasgow as cost of living continues to rise

The cost of living is rising and experts doubt prices will drop as the rate of energy is expected to jump again in October, but there are a number of grants and benefits that households could receive to help.

Glasgow Live

Hate crime charges linked to sexual orientation and disability increase

HATE crime charges linked to sexual orientation and disability increased last year, according to new figures.

The National (Scotland)

Supreme Court uses special powers, helps student with learning disability

The student, Naman Varma, submitted to be suffering from a learning disability called dyscalculia

The Hindu

Warning to people applying for new disability benefit who fail to to report certain changes

Adult Disability Payment will replace PIP for more than 305,000 existing claimants.

Daily Record

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People on PIP may be able to backdate certain benefits to the start of their DWP award

An award for PIP or the new Adult Disability Payment could lead to benefit top-ups, housing support and Council Tax discounts.

Daily Record

Man seriously hurt in Manchester Arena bomb climbs Mount Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair in incredible feat

Martin Hibbert says he now hopes to change attitudes to disability after completing the incredible feat

Manchester Evening News

Fraud warning issued to millions of households ahead of UK Government financial support starting next month

Scammers pretending to be from Ofgem are tricking people into handing over bank details.

Daily Record

Lizzo: New track ‘Grrrls’ criticised for ‘ableist slur’ in lyrics

Some have called for the song to be taken down and re-uploaded with censored lyrics

The Independent UK

UK doctors with long Covid say they have been denied disability benefits

Exclusive: some who worked on pandemic frontline may have to sell their house after claims rejected

The Guardian - UK

'What matters is hope, freedom and saying who you are.' What LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disabilities want everyone to know

They are a group often overlooked, described as “invisible”, or perhaps assumed not to exist at all.

The Conversation

The NDIA abandons best practice to save pennies in this blind man’s tribunal case

This legally blind man says the National Disability Insurance Agency doesn’t cooperate with people with disabilities. Instead it fights them.

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Social enterprise café on Brisbane's Goodwill Bridge helps people with a disability build confidence

Meet the people making a difference,one cup of coffee at a time, at one of Brisbane's most picturesque locations.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The NDIS could crush the Labor government

The Albanese government faces something of a classic Hobson’s Choice when it comes to the revamping the NDIS, writes Alan Kohler.

Daily Mirror

Single mum pays £700 a month rent to live in a TENT because that's all she can afford

A woman from Adelaide who receives disability benefits is being forced to pay the equivalent of £172 a week for a small piece of grass due to the housing crisis

Liverpool Echo

Why Soccer Aid's Alex Brooker had his leg amputated and his fears for his children

Alex was born with hand and arm deformities as well as a twisted right leg

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Paralympian Ellen Keane asks public to 'get in the sea' for disability charity

The fundraiser is for Central Remedial Clinic (CRC), one of Ireland's largest disability organisations that provides services to over 4,000 people throughout the country

The Guardian - AU

Left behind: the fight for accessible public transport in Victoria

The snail’s pace of upgrades keeps people with disabilities isolated and in poverty, activists say

The National (Scotland)

Scot commits suicide after 'exhausting' battle with DWP over removal of disability benefits

A SCOT has taken her own life after fighting an “exhausting” battle with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to restore her disability…

The Hindu

Ministry seeks public feedback on draft national policy on disability

Feedback and comments can be sent to panda.dk@nic.in and policy.depwd@gmail.com by July 9.

The National (Scotland)

Paralympian swimmer Stephen Clegg opens up on mental health journey and how inner turmoil led to reassessment of life

IT’S easy to assume that Stephen Clegg was always destined for sporting excellence.

Daily Mirror

Disabled domestic abuse survivors 'forgotten by system' say social services 'don't care'

Speech therapist Anna Knight claims she struggled to escape from an abusive ex-partner because of her disability. She claims social services failed to carry out a risk assessment

Irish Mirror

Minister apologises to grieving mother for 'tone deaf' letter demanding repayment of disability allowance day after death of teen son

Heather Humphreys admitted 'we got it wrong' and said the letter should never have been sent out

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