disability rights
People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: ‘They deserve better’
People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: ‘They deserve better’
A landmark report from King’s College London in collaboration with NHS England report found that nearly four in 10 deaths of people with a learning disability in 2023 were ‘avoidable’
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’
I’ve been completely deaf in one ear since I was six. But it took me until I turned 50 to start learning to sign.
Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
With a government white paper on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is due to be published, Disability Rights UK’s Bethany Bale writes about what must change to ensure that disabled children get the right support
Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’
Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’
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
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’
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
Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
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
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
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
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
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
DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
‘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
