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The high cost of ‘disability-blind’ health policies

Aotearoa did well in keeping down the Covid-19 death toll but our health system faces the dual burden of a reform and recovery from the pandemic, and disabled people risk being further marginalised

Newsroom.co.nz

Niall Horan backs Brendan Lawlor after Irish golfer hits out at online abuse

The world No 2 disability golfer has a rare condition called Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, which is a bone growth disorder that leads to shorter limbs and stature

Irish Mirror

Dad of girl with rare disability gutted as accessible leisure centre at risk of closure

Hydrotherapy is a huge part of Ella Green's recovery following pioneering surgery

Daily Record

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People due new DWP pay rates for State Pension, PIP and other benefits should see full uplift this month

Payment rates increased on April 10, but most benefits are paid every four weeks in arrears.

Daily Record

Older people making new claims for PIP could be given 10-year payment award

Nearly half a million people claiming their State Pension are also in receipt of PIP and not Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

NDIS participants say their funding — and taxpayer money — is being tied up in unnecessary bureaucracy

As talks about how to make the NDIS more sustainable ramp up again, people with disability say a good place to start would be with the costly and "exhausting" red tape.

ABC News

11 ways people can automatically qualify for the Blue Badge scheme

A Blue Badge holder travelling as either a driver or passenger can park for free in disabled parking bays.

Daily Record

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Young people caring for someone with a health condition could be due annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for Scots aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

Disability campaigners hit out at ‘unacceptable’ 500 closures in a year of Tube lifts that were working

Five-fold annual increase in time lifts taken out of service on London Underground as a safety precaution – despite being in working order

Evening Standard

UK's most accessible beaches ranked including Bournemouth, Brighton and Weymouth

The accessibility of UK beaches was judged based on their Disability Rights UK Survey score, how much a wheelchair costs to hire, and the cost of disabled toilet access

Daily Mirror

Older people with any of these 57 health issues could be due up to £407 each month

More than 1.4million older people are receiving extra financial help through Attendance Allowance from the DWP.

Daily Record

North East NHS Trust to host recruitment day in Morpeth, to show people their job and training opportunities

The Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest providers of mental health and learning disability services

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The government says NDIS supports should be 'evidence-based' – but can they be?

The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers the scheme, and drive change to support participants better.

The Conversation

Dis Life: How can you be Disabled if you can’t be diagnosed with a disability?

It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults

Daily Mirror

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Top Golfers With Disabilities To Compete In Inaugural G4D Open

The Duchess Course at Woburn Golf Club in England will host the 54-hole stroke play event

Daily Record

People with any of these five health conditions may be due up to £691 each month

Over 540 conditions are supported through Adult Disability Payment and PIP.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on 'fundamental' reform of the disability scheme

The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it.

ABC News

Six-year-old exposed to dirty needles in Griffith accessible toilet, sparking debate on keys

The floor was littered with used needles, but disability access advocates say a special key may be the solution to stopping vandals and drug users from littering bathrooms.

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Alicia has lived with long COVID for a year and she's one of a growing number who say they are now disabled

In Australia, long COVID is not automatically classified as disability, but advocates want that to change.

Daily Mirror

Brits claiming DWP disability benefits issued £1,122 cost of living warning

Scope found that disabled households need to find an extra £12,000 a year to achieve the same standard of living compared to non-disabled households due to the cost of living crisis

Daily Record

New cost of living support for people claiming disability benefits to be debated by MPs this month

MPs will debate proposals in two petitions calling for the £650 payment and an energy grant for people on disability benefits.

Nottingham Post

DWP PIP and DLA claimants issued monthly cost of living warning

A charity has called for action tackle the additional costs of living with a disability

Daily Mirror

Full list of 56 health conditions which could make you eligible to claim £400 a month from DWP

Attendance Allowance is one of the DWP's most underclaimed benefits with around 3.4million people in the UK eligible to claim but not

Newcastle Herald

Disability support pensioners only just 'scraping' by in private rentals

"We applied for a hundred different places and ended up in a tent."

The Canberra Times

Barr, Davidson at odds on NDIS spending targets

The ACT's Disability Minister is against the proposed target.

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