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Lauren McDermott has a rare neurological condition called Stiff Person Syndrome that causes her muscles to spasm painfully for prolonged periods. Since she was diagnosed in 2019, she's had to explain her illness to almost everyone — even many of the doctors who evaluated her. It's an exhausting process that…

The popular award-winning actress has discussed the difficulty of growing up without role models while appearing at the disability royal commission, which this week is exploring what should be done to create a more inclusive society.

Brad Lomax in the US, Rosa May Billinghurst in the UK, Javed Abid in India … these are the men and women I wish I had known about as a disabled child

The proposal has almost reached the 10,000 signature threshold to trigger an official response.

The one-off payment replaces the £25 Cold Weather Payment from DWP.

Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The COVID-19 pandemic’s biggest impact on the U.S. labor market will be as a mass disability event. It’s a shock that the economy is not well prepared to handle.

The social services minister has launched an investigation into a coding error which impacted performance ratings of disability employment service providers.

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are handed out to eligible households when the temperature falls below zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days in an area

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.