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The Latest Breaking News from Disability

DWP confirms dates for £150 cost of living payment that six million people will get

It will go to people who receive disability benefits

Wales Online

Multiple sclerosis symptoms and early signs including vision problems

It's a lifelong condition that can sometimes cause serious disability

Liverpool Echo

DWP confirms dates for £150 disability cost of living payment

Anyone who qualifies for the payment will receive it during a two-week window

Liverpool Echo

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Mum who became paralysed while putting away Aldi shop falls over 10 times a day

Debbie-Lyn Connolly-Lloyd was nominated in the Business Success Recognition Awards for her work in making disability more visible

Liverpool Echo

‘It’s a tax on disability’: rising English social care costs force many into debt

As outgoings exceed income, people can’t afford to pay for the support they need along with normal expenses

The Guardian - UK

The six changes affecting DWP benefits, energy bills and motorists this June and what they mean for you

Councils and the DVLA will be making some changes on the roads this June

Manchester Evening News

DWP update as health assessments set for big changes

Work Capability Assessments could be scrapped as early as 2026 under new proposals

Liverpool Echo

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Christopher Reeve’s Son Opens Up About Medical Advancements After Paralyzed Man Is Able To Walk Again

William Reeve, who is a news correspondent with ABC, spoke out this week about how his father Christopher Reeve's disability advocacy lives on.

Cinemablend

Cowboy builder caused £78k destruction then accused mum of 'playing disabled card'

Billee Hopkinson, who took on work when he knew his business was folding, pocketed money from a disability grant for a job near Leyland, Lancashire and failed to complete the task

Daily Mirror

DWP: People on State Pension with eyesight problems could get up to £407 each month

Some 57,180 working age adults under 65 are receiving extra financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Adult Disability Payment (ADP)

Nottingham Post

DWP £150 Cost of living payment dates and vital 'one-day' qualifying rule

A follow up cost of living payment will be paid out to roughly six million across the UK who are on specific forms of state support. Here's everything you need to know about the new lump sum.

Chronicle Live

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A concrete garden; a funny, uncompromising portrait of disability; an epic of ancient Greece; and the pick of new YA fiction

The Guardian - UK

DWP £150 cost of living payment update for people who recently made a new disability benefit claim

The next cost of living payments will be made to more than six million people between June 20 and July 4.

Daily Record

People making a new claim for PIP may be able to complete whole application online

The new PIP online application trial is only being offered to 60 people each day.

Daily Record

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People over State Pension age with eyesight issues could be due up to £407 each month

Attendance Allowance could help if you have an eye condition such as cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

Nottingham Post

DWP confirms dates for next £150 cost of living payments and one-day rule

The support is being paid out to six million people

WEKU

Today's Interview: Kentucky veterans are concerned about default’s effect on VA Hospital, post-ser

80-thousand veterans receive some or all of their medical care at Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Hospital. Many also receive retirement or disability pay. Those services and compensation could be disrupted if the federal government defaults on its debt, which could happen as soon as next week.

Daily Record

DWP shares whether PIP due to change when it becomes the only health assessment for benefits

Work Capability Assessments could be scrapped as early as 2026 under new proposals.

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Daily Mirror

All the available help to tackle your energy bills - from payment plans to free cash

It may sound like good news that energy bills are to drop but the price cap is still monumentally higher than what it was before the energy crisis - so many will still struggle with their bills

The Week

First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base…

ABC News

Adelaide Airport passenger using mobility scooter says she was treated without 'empathy or compassion'

Tammy Milne, who has arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, says she was made to feel like a "loaf of bread" and was treated with "no empathy or compassion" after being pulled aside at Adelaide Airport for a search.

Daily Record

People over State Pension age with impaired hearing could be due up to £407 each month

More than 7,800 older people are receiving either £68.10 or £101.75 each week through Attendance Allowance.

ABC News

Australia's tennis world champions heading to the Virtus Global Games in France

The Australian tennis squad for players with an intellectual impairment, autism and Down syndrome heads to France, having not been beaten since 2015.

Tribune News Service

FedEx hit with $2 million jury award to deaf worker claiming supervisors yelled, spit on him

Younes Mchaar transferred from his FedEx package-handler job in Virginia to a similar position in San Jose, California, hoping to leave behind the disability discrimination he experienced at work as a deaf person. Instead, he found more of the same, and worse: Managers mocked him, yelled at him, and one…

Daily Mirror

'It's vital we teach the next generation about disability history'

Disability rights should be part of the curriculum so that all children learn about it and all disabled people can see themselves represented

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