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Venice Biennale: regional Australian theatre company wins prestigious Golden Lion

Geelong’s Back to Back receives lifetime achievement award for work that ‘blows away’ prejudice and ‘makes disability a tool of artistic inquiry’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

Pledge to Boost Funding for Adaptations to Disabled People's Homes Deferred, Raising Concerns

Since 2008, the maximum allowable claim amount has been capped at £30,000. However, its real value has diminished by approximately a third.

International Business Times UK · Feb 13, 2024

Ruth Bashall obituary

Other lives: Disability rights activist who advised the Met and Greater London Authority on hate crime, and domestic and sexual violence

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024

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Dodgy NDIS providers on watch as task force unveiled

Disability providers who overcharge and under-service Australians are in the government's sights as it announces a task force to look at the NDIS registry.

AAP · Feb 12, 2024

Disability advocates aim for wheelchair-powered world record climbing Mount Snowdon

Disability advocates Josh Wintersgill and Maxwell McKnight plan to climb Mount Snowdon in powered wheelchairs to raise awareness of accessibility issues.

'Long way to go' to address abuse in care facilities

Vulnerable Victorians continue to face abuse, neglect and violence in their homes with community advocates reporting a rise in incidents.

AAP · Feb 9, 2024

The treatment by police of a 13-year-old autistic boy is shocking – but it fits an appalling pattern

Our marginalised youth, those living with disability and First Nations people are policed in a way the majority of us would not recognise, nor tolerate

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

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The Census Bureau is dropping a controversial proposal to change disability statistics

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.

WEKU · Feb 6, 2024

Home Office faces High Court challenge over ‘mistreatment’ of visa holders amid backlog

Visa holders have been wrongly suspended from work, seen disability benefits stopped and education jeopardised while waiting for visa renewals, a migrant charity has said

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2024

New Bill Wants To Protect People With Disabilities In Driverless Cars

It’s rare to see politicians introduce proactive legislation.

Motor1 · Feb 5, 2024

Acting, disability and the problem with ‘lived experience’

Letters: Guardian readers respond to the row about a non-disabled actor playing Richard III at Shakespeare’s Globe

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024

Sex, Me and Disability review – was it really necessary to spend so much time on sex workers?

This documentary about Rhys Bowler’s love life is overly concerned with disabled people paying for sex. It’s a highly questionable focus – even if there are moving moments

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024

TV tonight: Ralf Little returns in wildly popular tropical whodunnit

Death in Paradise celebrates 100 episodes with another murder. Plus: a taboo-shattering documentary about sex and disability. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024

Non-disabled Richard III actor to press on despite calls for recast

Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe’s artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024

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Bored Panda · Jan 31, 2024

“I Was So Absolutely Done”: Woman Refuses To Be Moved From Her Seat By Entitled Passengers

No amount of pressure from a flight attendant would get this couple to switch seats. The post “I Was So Absolutely Done”: Woman Refuses To Be Moved From Her Seat By Entitled Passengers first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024

‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

As the Globe faces accusations of ‘cripping up’ with a new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, disabled theatre-makers explain why the role should not be open to all

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024

Serving Met officer charged over 'gross WhatsApp texts mocking disability'

PC Ashley Cooper is due before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2024

Australian children with disabilities ‘struggling now more than ever’, autism expert says

Andrew Whitehouse, who joins national school funding board, calls for urgent reform amid new government negotiations

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2024

Larry was paid $4.20 an hour in Australia. It’s not enough to live on – but it’s completely legal

People with intellectual disability are getting hourly wages that don’t even cover their bus trips to work. Advocates believe it’s time for a radical overhaul

Bored Panda · Jan 26, 2024

This Rescued Raccoon Fought For His Life Since The Beginning And Now He’s Thriving

Today, we would like to tell you the story of Elio, a courageous raccoon who, despite limited mobility, leads a happy life at Samadhi Wildlife Sanctuary. The post This Rescued Raccoon Fought For His Life Since The Beginning And Now He’s Thriving first appeared on Bored Panda.

International Business Times · Jan 25, 2024

Pioneering MP Hails Disability Reform In Spain

Addressing Valencia's regional parliament, Mar Galceran's confidence is striking: she is Spain's first lawmaker with Down syndrome and one of just a few elected across Europe.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024

Jon French obituary

Other lives: Actor and director of the disability-focused theatre group Face Front

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2024

‘I had to use the grain ramp’: the fight for disability inclusion in Australian agriculture

When Sam Bailey became a quadriplegic at 19, he was advised to get an office job in town. Instead he made his farm wheelchair-accessible

Kiplinger · Jan 19, 2024

Accessible Travel Website Launches Major Expansion

AccessibleGO’s travel offerings include flights, hotels, rental equipment and more.

Salon · Jan 19, 2024

Disabled person not a "character trait"

The "Sunrise" actor spoke to Salon about his disability activism and new thriller about xenophobia and bloodsuckers

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