The Latest Breaking News from Disability

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.

Daily Record · Jun 3, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2022

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 · Jun 2, 2022

DWP clarifies people on certain benefits will not qualify for new cost of living payment worth £650

DWP has also updated guidance for couples receiving benefits or Tax Credits.

Daily Record · Jun 2, 2022

Wheelchair users say states should spend new road money on safety

On a Sunday afternoon in May 2021, Patsy Ellison left her Knoxville, Tennessee, apartment in her motorized wheelchair and started to cross a nearby street, as she often did. She never made it.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Online abuse against women is rife, but some women suffer more – and we need to step up for them

Women online suffer a disproportionate amount of harm and abuse, but it isn’t all based on their gender. This “cyber violence” is also shaped by a range of other intersecting factors such as race, religion, class, caste and disability.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 from the DWP

Millions of people could be claiming financial support

Liverpool Echo · Jun 2, 2022

New disability payment set to replace PIP for first-time claimants in three locations this month

The next pilot areas to open for applications will be in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Daily Record · Jun 1, 2022

'Inadequate' learning disability centre branded 'unsafe' as investigators uncover two-month backlog of letters for GPs and patients

The service 'did not provide safe care' and left two patients 'without medicines for two weeks until staff eventually dropped their prescription off', investigators found

Manchester Evening News · Jun 1, 2022

Every cost of living payment you can claim - how to apply and who is eligible

To help offset the financial burden of the worsening cost of living crisis, the UK Government has announced a range of one-off payments available throughout the year

Glasgow Live · Jun 1, 2022