disability rights
Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
The children’s social care system should support disabled children to thrive, but instead families are fighting for scraps of support, writes James Watson-O’Neill, chief executive at national disability charity Sense. He explores why the system is in need of urgent reform
We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
If the government continues to freeze out disabled people’s organisations and groups from decision making, we will never see positive change, writes Mikey Erhardt, campaigner at Disability Rights UK
Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar, chief executive at anti-poverty charity Z2K, writes about her concerns for disabled people ahead of Labour’s benefits cuts
Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
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’
‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me
‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me
The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act
The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act
Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
From Paralympic glory to assisted dying: These are the highs and lows of 2024 for disabled people
From Paralympic glory to assisted dying: These are the highs and lows of 2024 for disabled people
‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime
These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime
Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation
Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation
DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough
My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough
Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’
Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’
DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
Millions of Brits ‘locked out’ of cycling due to complete lack of bike parking, report finds
Millions of Brits ‘locked out’ of cycling due to complete lack of bike parking, report finds
The toxic conversation about people out of work needs to stop. It’s harming disabled people
The toxic conversation about people out of work needs to stop. It’s harming disabled people
Letters: I’m not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
Letters: I’m not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room
