The Latest Breaking News from Disability

When Assistance Programs Update for the New Year, These Income Thresholds Quietly Shift

Every January, millions of Americans receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their Social Security or disability benefits. While that extra money is meant to help with inflation, it can quietly push recipients over the income limits for key assistance programs. From food stamps to Medicaid, these programs update their income…

Clever Dude · Jan 9

MPs warn some disability claimants waiting more than a year for claims to be processed, damning report finds

Disabled claimants have come to expect ‘reliably poor service’ from the DWP, scathing review finds

The Independent UK · Jan 9

Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are our experiments in uncovering meaning, power and inequality, and how it affects all…

The Conversation · Jan 8

Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5

Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability.

LiveScience · Dec 31, 2025

Asda Pays Four-Figure Sum After Delivery Driver Told Disabled Customer 'You Don't Look Disabled'

Necati Ayhan, 22, receives a four-figure payout after an Asda delivery driver questioned his fibromyalgia disability, saying, 'You don't look disabled to me'.

International Business Times UK · Dec 31, 2025

Campaigner turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities

Exclusive: In letter declining proposed award, Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, accused government of ‘fuelling hatred’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025

More than 700,000 disability benefits claimants transferred to devolved agency

Social Security Scotland now provides the vast majority of the payments north of the border.

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025

Disabled people in England ‘betrayed’ by cuts to new-build accessibility targets

Campaigners decry plan to reduce requirement for improved standards from 100% down to 40% of new homes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

Female, Breastfeed, Black & More: Trump Blocks 200 Words From Head Start Applications

Court documents show the Trump administration told Head Start providers to remove nearly 200 words like female, women, and disability from funding requests.

International Business Times UK · Dec 19, 2025