Disability activism
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Meet our 2026 Changemakers. Here Big Issue celebrates the individuals and groups who are doing their bit for those who require a bit of additional help and support
Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
According to new analysis, over six million workers take home less than an unemployed person on the right combination of benefits. Is it true?
Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
Surging demand is heaping pressure on Access to Work, a vital DWP scheme to help disabled people stay in work.
Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’
Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that
Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that
MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why
Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why
We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
