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Gender dysphoria covered by disability law, court rules

Advocates for transgender people say a federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could hurt conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

Calls for change as WA continues to evade new building accessibility standards

While most other states and territories across Australia have agreed to make new buildings more accessible for those with a disability, WA refuses to do so.

ABC News

PIP will no longer be available to first-time claimants in Scotland from this week

A new devolved disability payment is replacing first-time claims for PIP rom August 29.

Daily Record

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

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship

The Independent UK

Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

Rethink bargaining for wage growth: unions

Access to collective bargaining arrangements would help lift wages in sectors like disability and child care, the peak union body says.

AAP

Australian Federal Police Association says jail sentence for man who killed Sue Salthouse doesn't meet community expectations

The Australian Federal Police Association says the community has been let down after a man jailed over the death of disability advocate Sue Salthouse.

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Job agency criticised for disability barista program loses contracts in shake-up

AimBig one of 52 providers to lose market share in $1bn a year Disability Employment Services program

The Guardian - AU

I was lucky to have a great GP. Then she went on maternity leave and my healthcare fell apart

There are no coordinators to help people navigate a system designed for occasional care, rather than for chronic illness

The Guardian - AU

Investigation launched after woman died the day after leaving Blacktown Hospital

Asif Ali moved his family to Australia so that his daughter Dua, who lived with disability, would receive better treatment and have more opportunities than in Pakistan. He said that was always the case, until a trip to Blacktown Hospital in January.

ABC News

DWP: Six million people will get a £150 cost of living disability benefits payment in September and October

Disabled people claiming certain benefits will get the £150 payment soon

Chronicle Live

New Winter Fuel Payments include £300 boost and could see people of State Pension age get £600

Older people can quickly check if they qualify for a £300 cost of living boost on top of the annual heating payments this winter.

Daily Record

Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

Hollyoaks' Emily Burnett set for charity mountain climb with aunt who has learning disability

Hollyoaks actress Emily Burnett, who plays Olivia Bradshaw, is climbing Mount Snowdon with her co-stars and aunt Teresa Pope who has learning disabilities

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Calls to increase 'pitiful' £150 disability cost of living payment

People with disabilities will receive a £150 lump sum in September - while other benefits claimants will receive £650 in two payments

Evening Standard

Cost of living payment: how can disabled people access £150 and when is it paid?

The £150 payment is on top of the £1,200 that most benefit claimants will receive

Manchester Evening News

Who gets £150 disability payment as DWP confirm when it will land in bank accounts

Claimants should expect to see the payment land in their bank accounts during the autumn period this year

The Independent UK

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

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship

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Canberra man who killed disability advocate Sue Salthouse to be released from jail in six weeks

Mitchell Laidlaw is sentenced by the ACT Supreme Court to a two year and three month prison sentence, but will only spend three months there before serving the rest with a good behaviour order.

Daily Record

DWP confirms date 6m people on disability benefits will receive £150 cost of living payment next month

People claiming certain health benefits will be paid the extra cash support automatically.

Manchester Evening News

DWP confirm date £150 disability cost of living payment will be paid

It comes on top of other cost-of-living payments totalling £650 for disabled people on low incomes

ABC News

New Australian houses might need a total redesign. Here's why some states won't change construction codes

Should newly built homes have to be accessible for frail elderly people or people with a disability?

The Independent UK

Six million disabled people to get £150 cost-of-living payment from next month

The one-off payment will be paid automatically to people who receive certain disability benefits from September 20, the DWP said.

The Guardian - UK

Disability & Abortion: The Hardest Choice review – this intelligent documentary deserved two episodes

It’s a moving and nuanced exploration of the law on terminating pregnancies involving foetal abnormalities. But this show needed another instalment to really do justice to its topic

Wales Online

Channel 4's Disability & Abortion: Actress learns mum had 'blunt' advice about her pregnancy

Ruth Madeley was born with spina bifida

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