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Natasha Abrahart: Parents' heart-breaking statement after daughter's death

"It is heart-breaking that our exceptional daughter was failed so badly and suffered such unnecessary torment"

Bristol Post

Disability royal commission hears of abuse and 'failings' at Afford day program in Sydney

The disability royal commission has this week been examining a day program run by Australian Foundation for Disability, otherwise known as Afford. Here's what you missed.

ABC News

Fashion and beauty innovators see opportunities for disability inclusion to cater for 'trillion-dollar' market

There is a growing movement in the fashion and beauty industry to develop products for and with people with disabilities, recognising a virtually untapped trillion-dollar customer market.

ABC News

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Elizabeth Rose obituary

Other lives: Artist and disability activist who shared her experience of living with Crohn’s disease on social media

The Guardian - UK

University discriminated against anxious student who killed herself – judge

The University of Bristol must pay the parents of Natasha Abrahart £50,000 in damages for breaching its duties under the Equalities Act.

The Independent UK

How an incompetent and apathetic ‘system’ denied justice to a child rape victim

This is the second part of the story on the case. Read the first part.

Newslaundry

Disabled abuse victims may get compo

A disability services provider will consider the issue of redress, including financial compensation, for clients who were abused at one of its Sydney programs.

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The NT's largest music festival Bass in the Grass improves access for people living with disabilities

People living with a disability regularly face challenges accessing major events. This music festival is trying to change that.

ABC News

Abortion and inherited disease: Genetic disorders complicate the view that abortion is a choice

With the rising spectre of the loss of women’s reproductive autonomy in the United States, it’s timely to consider why abortion is an important and necessary part of pregnancy and fetal care. More consideration needs to be given to women and their partners who have a need for abortion due…

The Conversation

Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds

Government data shows 1,140 participants are stuck in hospital waiting for housing funding or other support before they can be released

The Guardian - AU

North East disabled people 'will suffer and die' as prices continue to rise

Disability charities from across the North East have called on the Government to do more to address the cost of living crisis

Chronicle Live

New PIP-style benefit projected to support 475,000 more people in next five years

A phased rollout of Adult Disability Payment began in March.

Daily Record

M&S apologises after woman 'shooed like cattle' into men's toilets by staff

Tay Beales, who suffers with epilepsy, said she had been refused access to the disabled toilets

Leeds Live

M&S issues apology after woman says she was misgendered in toilet incident

Tay Beales, who suffers with epilepsy, said she had been refused access to the disabled toilets

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The Conversation

This election, many adults with disabilities won't be allowed to vote. That should change

This Saturday, most Australians over 18 will vote in the federal election. The right to participate in elections is enshrined in international and domestic human rights law.

Daily Record

New and existing PIP claimants with long-term health conditions will see major changes to awards this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas next month.

The Guardian - AU

In an age of low unemployment in Australia, what about those locked out of the jobs market?

Governments have long ignored a fast-growing cohort of people who live with illness or disability that prevents them from working

ABC News

Australian Women in Music Awards recognise industry trailblazers at ceremony in Brisbane

Some of the most influential women in the nation’s music industry were honoured alongside emerging talent at the Australian Women in Music Awards in Brisbane last night.

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The Independent UK

Lawmakers reach deal to help veterans exposed to burn pits

Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

Liverpool Echo

Disabled woman 'left choked up' after M&S toilet access fiasco and staff misgender her

Epilepsy sufferer Tay Beales said her hidden disability was disregarded by a shopworker when she wanted to use the disabled toilet - and the worker later ushered her to the men's loo

Liverpool Echo

Police officer had Dolly Parton song whistled at him over his working hours

PC Stephen Knox suffered disability harassment when he was signed off sick with depression but lost a sexual harassment claim

Daily Record

DWP says 1.4m legacy benefit claimants will be better off by £220 each month on Universal Credit

Some 300,000 will see no change in entitlement, but around 900,000 could be worse off.

The Guardian - UK

Changing the narrative on disability: is representation in books getting better?

As Amazon meets campaigners’ demands for a ‘disability fiction’ section, adult literature still has much work to do

Daily Record

New disability payments of more than £3m made to thousands of children since launch last year

Child Disability Payments have been issued to over 3,000 children in Scotland.

Chronicle Live

DWP: 19 health conditions that could make you eligible for extra £156 PIP a week

Personal Independence Payment is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions and is available to people who have specific health conditions

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