18 h. ago A swimming coach in Nigeria provides inspiration and life lessons to disabled people

A swimming coach in Nigeria's economic hub of Lagos is teaching disabled children how to swim through his nonprofit aimed at empowering them in life

Politics

24 h. ago DWP PIP points system: Which three conditions are 'most likely' to keep their payments

The Resolution Foundation has warned that changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will affect the living standards of hundreds of thousands of disabled people

Politics

8 d. ago Nearly 40,000 North Lanarkshire children and families received £2.8m towards heating bills last winter

Social Security Scotland's Winter Heating Payment is paid automatically to people who get certain low-income benefits, including households with young children, disabled people or older people.

Society

9 d. ago Over 17,000 West Lothian families receive £1.34m towards heating bills last winter

Winter Heating Payment is paid automatically to people who get certain low-income benefits, including households with young children, disabled people or older people.

Economics

9 d. ago DWP issues update on calls to scrap planned cuts to disability benefits

Titled "Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits", the petition called for the government to scrap its proposed plans for the disability benefit PIP and the health element to Universal Credit

Politics

1 week ago Families, pensioners and disabled people due between £59 and £305 in one

More than half a million children and families received heating payments last winter.

Economics

1 week ago Free driving lessons for people on PIP, ADP or other disability benefits

Learner drivers just need to pay for the costs of the theory and practical driving tests.

Politics

1 week ago Gardeners urged to save 95p kitchen scrap and see instant benefits to plants

Gardeners are advised to keep the onion peels to make an organic plant fertiliser - and it's completely odour-less, reducing the amount of food wastage by finding a second use

Politics

1 week ago Young disabled people using a wheelchair may need driving licence under UK Government rules

UK Government legislation refers to wheelchairs as ‘invalid carriages’.

Politics

1 week ago Kemi Badenoch suggests transgender people use disabled toilets after Supreme Court ruling

Kemi Badenoch suggested transgender people can use disabled toilets after the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

Events

1 week ago Fire destroys seven minibuses used by disabled people and school children

Police and fire crews were called to the incident at Silk Mills Park and Ride in Taunton, Somerset, shortly after 7.50pm on Saturday.

Events

1 week ago Full list of people who qualify for disabled Blue Badge parking

Blue Badges allow eligible people to park in disabled car park spaces, generally meaning a shorter walk to their destination

Politics

2 w. ago Disabled people detained by Ice sound alarm over overcrowded jails

Rodney Taylor, whose legs were amputated as a toddler, just one of many people with disabilities at risk from detentionIn his three months locked up at Stewart detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia, Rodney Taylor has missed meals and showers, lived with increasing pain in his hips, developed a swollen thumb on his right hand and blisters on the stumps where his two legs were amputated when he was a toddler.Taylor’s mother brought him to the US from Liberia on a medical visa as a small child. He went through 16 operations and is a double amputee. He has two fingers on his right hand. Now 46, he has lived in the US nearly his entire life, works as a barber, is active in promoting cancer awareness in his community, and recently got engaged. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Danny Dyer tearfully reveals wife Joanne still controls all their finances 25 years after his wild youth which saw him cheat on her and go on drug

The actor, 47, gets a grilling in ITV 's new show The Assembly, which sees a celebrity face questions from a group of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people.

Events

2 w. ago Danny Dyer takes cheeky swipe at his 'nepo baby' kids as he defends parenting decision

EastEnders star Danny Dyer took part in a new series called The Assembly, where he answered questions from autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people

Politics

2 w. ago Producers wanted to avoid being ‘unpleasant’ to interviewers on The Assembly

The show sees celebrities interviewed by a group of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people.

Politics

2 w. ago Assisted dying coercion risk greater for disabled people – Tanni Grey

Discrimination against disabled people in society has ‘risen remarkably’ in recent months amid discussion of welfare reforms, the peer said.

Events

3 w. ago People on disability benefits could save £1,400 this year through new discount scheme

Millions of people on disability benefits could save up to £118 each month with Purpl.

Economics

3 w. ago Three Met officers in WhatsApp group mocking rape victim and disabled people keep their jobs

PCs Kentafi Lindill, James Humphrey and Craig Hawkins did not challenge their supervisor

Events

3 w. ago New update on calls to scrap proposed DWP changes to benefits for disabled people

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the UK Government to halt welfare reforms.

Politics