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If the body mass index stops measuring health and starts causing shame, change the game

Julie Dickson has struggled with over-exercising and under-eating for most of her life. It started with a body mass index measurement that came up as overweight. As a person of short stature, this is what it's like being held to a standard that doesn't fit.

ABC News

Increasing moderate activity could cut stroke risk by 40%, research suggests

New analysis adds further evidence to the link between a sedentary lifestyle and risk of disease and disability

The Guardian - UK

Hate crimes against LGBT Scots rise as trans attacks double in a year

Hate crimes recorded by Police Scotland show a staggering increase amongst those with a transgender, sexual orientation or disability aggravator

The National (Scotland)

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Linfield coach hails impact disability football is having on communities

Linfield DFC will host its first-ever tournament this Saturday at Midgley Park

Belfast Live

People on PIP may also qualify for wide range of benefit top-ups and discounts

An award for PIP or the new Adult Disability Payment could lead to extra cash, travel discounts and Council Tax reductions.

Daily Record

DWP does not know which legacy benefit claimants will be better off on Universal Credit until they apply

Some 2.6m people on older-style benefits will be moved on to Universal Credit by the end of 2024.

Daily Record

DWP reveals which claimants not eligible for £650 cost of living boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update to its guidance regarding the upcoming £650 cost of living payment, clarifying which benefits claimants will not be eligible

Glasgow Live

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Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans

Congress appears likely to pass legislation that would make millions more veterans eligible for disability and health care benefits.

Roll Call

New Carer’s Allowance guidance explains how the benefit can affect State Pension, Council Tax and other benefits

If you qualify for Carer’s Allowance, your other benefit payments may change.

Daily Record

DWP confirms when people in Scotland will no longer be able to make a new claim for PIP

PIP is being replaced by a new disability benefit for more than 305,000 existing claimants living in Scotland.

Daily Record

Activ workshop closures to leave people like Ryan Gee with a very uncertain future

After spending 16 years in the same job, Ryan Gee never imagined he would be out of work, but the impending closure of Activ workshops in WA has left him and hundreds of others in the cold and facing an uncertain future.

ABC News

Irish para-archer compares Ireland to other countries for accessibility

'Mostly, people are very good and helpful and don’t pass any remarks of me in a chair, but I do get stares from people, just for being out in the world'

Irish Mirror

Irish third-level institutions to get €3m to make campuses more inclusive

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris revealed it as one of two initiatives to support students with autism and those with an intellectual disability

Irish Mirror

New Adult Disability Payment application guide could help people claim up to £156 each week

Successful claimant’s could receive between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

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Glasgow Live

DWP PIP being replaced in North and South Lanarkshire with new benefit this month

People in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire who have a disability or a long-term physical or mental health condition will be able to apply for a new benefit this month

Chronicle Live

DWP: PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 each month

Millions of UK residents could be claiming financial financial support, but don't as they worry they're ineligible

Daily Record

DWP clarifies people on certain benefits will not qualify for new cost of living payment worth £650

DWP has also updated guidance for couples receiving benefits or Tax Credits.

Tribune News Service

Wheelchair users say states should spend new road money on safety

On a Sunday afternoon in May 2021, Patsy Ellison left her Knoxville, Tennessee, apartment in her motorized wheelchair and started to cross a nearby street, as she often did. She never made it.

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The Conversation

Online abuse against women is rife, but some women suffer more – and we need to step up for them

Women online suffer a disproportionate amount of harm and abuse, but it isn’t all based on their gender. This “cyber violence” is also shaped by a range of other intersecting factors such as race, religion, class, caste and disability.

Liverpool Echo

PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 from the DWP

Millions of people could be claiming financial support

Daily Record

New disability payment set to replace PIP for first-time claimants in three locations this month

The next pilot areas to open for applications will be in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Manchester Evening News

'Inadequate' learning disability centre branded 'unsafe' as investigators uncover two-month backlog of letters for GPs and patients

The service 'did not provide safe care' and left two patients 'without medicines for two weeks until staff eventually dropped their prescription off', investigators found

Glasgow Live

Every cost of living payment you can claim - how to apply and who is eligible

To help offset the financial burden of the worsening cost of living crisis, the UK Government has announced a range of one-off payments available throughout the year

Wales Online

What you need to do to get your cost of living payment

The UK Government is offering some cash to many people struggling with the cost of living

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis warns thousands won't get £650 cost of living help - see who will

Martin Lewis has warned that people who claim Personal Independence Allowance, Carers Allowance, and contributory-based Employment and Support Allowance won't get the £650 cost of living payment

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