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Commentary: Now that the CDC has dropped masking, a plea to doctors and hospitals

With a one-two punch, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have tossed tens of millions of Americans at high risk of death and disability from COVID-19 into a sea of contagion without any clear guidance for infection prevention and control.

Los Angeles Times

Should ADHD be in the NDIS? Yes, but eligibility for disability supports should depend on the person not their diagnosis

Eligibility for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) came under scrutiny this week, after NDIS minister Bill Shorten said he was considering whether a diagnosis of attention-defecit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should grant automatic eligibility for the NDIS.

The Conversation

Dis Life: 'Conference showed having disabled people in government can bring change for better'

Disability campaigner Anna Morell says this week's Labour Party conference showed that there won't be much-needed change across society unless there are disabled people in government

Daily Mirror

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Campaign aims to boost number of young adults with SEND in work by 10,000

The charity DFN Project Search aims to help 10,000 young adults with special educational needs and disability into paid work by 2030.

The Independent UK

Home violence toll on kids with disability

Children with disabilities are much more likely than others to experience family and domestic violence, Australian research has shown.

AAP

Dis Life: 'Disabled people were effectively shut out of paying their respects to Queen'

Disability campaigner Anna Morell says disabled people were initially told they were not allowed to hang onto vital food, medicine, or use umbrellas as walking canes as part of the queue for the Queen's lying in state

Daily Mirror

Your mighty tendons help you sprint, jump and move – a genetic mutation in one key protein may increase athletic performance

The ability to move is an essential part of daily life. The locomotor, or musculoskeletal, system of the body consists of muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage and other connective tissue. Loss of motor function due to disease or injury can result in a lifetime of disability. In a rapidly…

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New disability benefit may be paid to some people at a daily rate instead of every four weeks

The daily rate of Adult Disability Payment is the equivalent to one-seventh of the weekly rate.

Daily Record

Second cost of living payment worth £324 due this autumn but no confirmed date yet

Millions of people are waiting on the payment window details to be announced.

Daily Record

Lynn Schmidt: Disenfranchising real people with Missouri's new voter ID law

My adult daughter with a disability understands that most tasks are going to be harder for her to accomplish. Now she can add one more thing to her list: her fundamental right to vote.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

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

The Independent UK

Raghavendran’s peace mission flags off

A collector and a singer, Raghavendran V’s message is to not let disability stop you from achieving your dreams

The Hindu

List of DWP payments and money changes happening this week

We've rounded up the payment and money changes coming in this week

Liverpool Echo

People of State Pension age may be due up to £600 heating bill help this winter

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

Daily Record

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The Conversation

Why suicide prevention support is crucial for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that affects the brain and body of people prenatally exposed to alcohol. New research is backing concerns raised by the FASD community about the high rates of suicidality among people with FASD.

The Conversation

Disabled people are already cutting back on costs more than others – for many, the £150 cost of living payment won't do much to help

Even before the current cost of living crisis, disabled people were much more likely than non-disabled people to be in poverty and living on inadequate incomes. Now, spiralling living costs are adding to years of financial disadvantage. Our new analysis of YouGov survey data starkly illustrates the situation, showing that…

Benzinga

Atai's New MDMA-Based EMP-01 Compound Moves Forward To The Clinical Stage

Atai Life Sciences' (NASDAQ: ATAI) wholly-owned subsidiary EmpathBio has received Medsafe central regulatory and the Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDEC) approvals to begin participant enrollment in its Phase 1 trial of proprietary MDMA-based drug EMP-01

Daily Record

DWP could stop your State Pension or benefit payment if you do not report hospital stay this winter

Payments may be reduced or stopped if the relevant department is not notified, even if it's just one night.

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10 major money changes in October including energy bill discount and benefits

All households need to be aware of these financial changes coming into force in October, including the new £2,500 energy price freeze

Wales Online

11 important money dates in October that will change your finances

Bills are going up, mortgages may go up, new inflation rates will be announced and Government payments are being made

Chronicle Live

From Universal Credit to PIP - the DWP benefit payments and money changes due this week

Here is a round-up of the changes you can expect to see including the Administration Earnings Threshold and cost of living payments

Daily Mirror

Ten key money changes coming in October including new £2,500 energy price freeze

We round up ten financial changes you need to be aware of in October, as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets and pile pressure on Brits

Manchester Evening News

DWP's list of payments and money changes due this week

Those on Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance will be impacted

Bristol Post

DWP payments and money changes this week

From a Cost of Living disability payment and Household Support Fund, to the deadline for trading in your paper £20 and £50 notes

The Conversation

A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset. Here's what should happen next

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has a new chair and for the first time it is a disabled person – former paralympian Kurt Fearnley. His appointment, along with that of two new directors, Graeme Innes (former disability discrimination commissioner) and Maryanne Diamond (Australian Network on Disability board member), brings…

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