The Latest Breaking News from Disability

‘She was failed’: Missouri woman scheduled for execution next month asks for clemency

Attorneys for a transgender woman scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri are asking for clemency, in part because of her history of abuse and intellectual disability.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Dis Life: The Silent Twins portrays 'horror film' childhood of two disabled sisters

A new film exploring the lives of selectively mute twins June and Jennifer Gibbons will be all too familiar to neurodiverse children and their parents, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

DWP PIP claimants could get rise of more than £690 from April 2023

An increase was announced by the Chancellor

Nottingham Post · Dec 14, 2022

Autistic Heartbreak High actress Chloé Hayden grew up thinking she 'wasn't supposed to exist'

The popular award-winning actress has discussed the difficulty of growing up without role models while appearing at the disability royal commission, which this week is exploring what should be done to create a more inclusive society.

ABC News · Dec 12, 2022

The one-off payments for UK households due before New Year - full list

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due this month and when to expect it - as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) deliver their latest update.

Glasgow Live · Dec 11, 2022

People on PIP or DLA set for monthly payment rise to over £690 from April

Adult and Child Disability Payment rates for Scots will also rise by 10.1% this year.

Daily Record · Dec 10, 2022

Cold Weather Payments triggered for parts of Northern Ireland as temperatures drop

Only those qualifying customers living in certain postcode areas will receive the £25 payment

Belfast Live · Dec 9, 2022

Mum whose son's disability means he needs room heated to 21C can't afford Christmas

Five years ago Charlie, who Anna described as being a “funny, incredible” man, was diagnosed with a “life limiting” degenerative brain condition called SPG11

Daily Mirror · Dec 9, 2022

From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the ‘cripple suffragette’ – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement

Brad Lomax in the US, Rosa May Billinghurst in the UK, Javed Abid in India … these are the men and women I wish I had known about as a disabled child

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

New PIP petition calling for awards to be based on medical advice without assessment nears response threshold

The proposal has almost reached the 10,000 signature threshold to trigger an official response.

Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022