The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Workaround found to deliver £650 payments to help with rising cost of living in Northern Ireland

The payments will be made to those on income-related and disability benefits, as well as pensioners

Belfast Live · Jun 15, 2022

Madras HC gives six weeks to Metro Rail to make its stations barrier-free

Cross disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar files a PIL

The Hindu · Jun 15, 2022

Some PIP claimants will start moving from DWP to new disability benefit this week

More than 313,600 existing PIP claimants will transfer to the new system by the end of 2025.

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2022

547 PIP conditions providing 3m people across UK with up to £627 every month from the DWP

One in three new applicants are receiving the highest level of award of £156.90 each week.

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2022

Smith neglect case prompts fresh inquiries

The disability royal commission says it will investigate further issues raised during evidence into the death of the Adelaide woman.

AAP · Jun 15, 2022

SA botched response to threatening letter

The disability royal commission has criticised South Australian authorities over their response to a letter which threatened a disabled man in residential care.

AAP · Jun 15, 2022

DWP confirms date 8m households will receive first part of £650 cost of living payment next month

Eligible households in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive a payment for £326 in July.

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2022

McConnell, Manchin, Biden and Graham like it. So why is DC’s new gun deal a bitter pill to swallow?

Some juvenile justice and disability rights advocates have voiced grave concerns about the new gun framework, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

How Julie and her teammates are climbing above the world's expectations

They've got no funding or formal support, but Australia's majority-female paraclimbing team is the most successful the country has ever seen.

ABC News · Jun 14, 2022

Lizzo released a new and improved version of ‘GRRRLS’

The singer's swift re-release after backlash from disability advocates was a masterclass in owning up to a mistake.

Mic · Jun 14, 2022