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Disability charity urges airlines not to forget disabled passengers amid staffing crisis

Airports including Gatwick have seen dozens of flights cancelled in the last fortnight due to staff shortages.

The Independent UK

Boost your income before October energy price hike by checking eligibility for benefits, discounts or reductions

Make sure you are maximising your income and not missing out on additional support.

Daily Record

Disability NI announces new 'Disability Positive' scheme for employers

The scheme celebrates employers who recruit and support disabled employees

Belfast Live

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People approaching State Pension age in Scotland can still apply for new disability benefit

Adult Disability Payment will open in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire on June 20.

Daily Record

Ensure unique disability ID card to all eligible persons, Stalin tells officials

Steps should be taken to provide them jobs in private sector, says CM

The Hindu

When is a condition 'chronic' and when is it a 'disability'? The definition can determine the support you get

“Chronic conditions” and “disability” are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we’re treated and how we feel about ourselves.

The Conversation

Australia's 'dual-track' education system is failing young students with disability, advocates say

Having access to quality education is regarded as a fundamental human right. But advocates say many young people with disability are missing out because they're being segregated from mainstream schooling.

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New disability benefit eligibility 'tests' to know about before starting a claim

Adult Disability Payments have replaced PIP in some areas in Scotland as part of a pilot scheme. From June 20, new claimants Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire will be able to apply

Glasgow Live

Injuries too can hit income, says Karnataka high court

BENGALURU: Awarding more than ₹6.1 lakh compensation to petitioner Abdul from Hubballi, the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka HC said that in accident cases, linking the 'loss of future prospects' only to disability arising from amputation defies logic. "Loss of income can be due to injuries too."

The Times of India

Physical disability sans amputation is also a factor for computing compensation for ‘loss of future prospects’ in accident cases: HC

‘Judges sometimes make law if the statutes made by the Parliament fall short of meeting the requirements of the time’

The Hindu

Extra cash for PIP users who 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

Nottingham Post

Push to bring inclusive football to eastern Victoria for people with disability

For people who live in eastern Victoria, like David, it's not easy to access a footy club with other members who have an intellectual disability, so he's driving a push for a side closer to home.

ABC News

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

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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

Belfast Live

Linfield coach hails impact disability football is having on communities

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

Daily Record

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.

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Glasgow Live

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

Roll Call

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.

Daily Record

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.

ABC News

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.

Irish Mirror

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

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