Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance (www.thegauntlet.news)
NPR tacitly endorses the removal of Long COVID sufferers from public life...
NPR tacitly endorses the removal of Long COVID sufferers from public life...
Museum of Austerity, recently displayed at the HOME arts centre in Manchester, UK, brings to life the terrible plight of 10 of the disabled victims of a brutal and inhumane benefits system who were failed and left to die....
PM criticised for personal independence payment review amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill...
A series of embarrassing online access fails has again left a high-profile campaign facing accusations that it allows businesses to parade their supposed commitment to accessibility and inclusivity, while failing to put those promises into practice....
Making your online content and social media profiles accessible to the majority of people stumbling across your posts is an intentional practice. From Instagram and Twitter photo descriptions to captioning audio on your TikTok videos, users should be aware of these accessibility considerations. And it's an important way to make...
This is the start of the new Disabled community here on KBin. This community is being shifted from R/WeRollin (https://www.reddit.com/r/WeRollin/) during the blackout and will be maintained as a standalone community going forward....
Emergency Social Security Campaigns Meeting...
NEW analysis has found that over £23 billion worth of welfare benefits went unclaimed in the last year....
Officials at Department for Work and Pensions accused of ‘threatening and cruel’ tactics over repayment orders...
Sick of the press and govt constantly talking crap about disabled people? So is journalist Rachel Charlton-Dailey......
Single people with long-term disability that stops them working will be much poorer after rollout, Resolution Foundation says...
Hundreds of thousands could lose out in England and Wales under disability benefit reforms after general election...
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24...
Neil Goodwin was charged over his protest outside parliament in 2023. However, a judge saw it for nonsense - and here, Neil tells all....
We're in the middle of a plague...
A campaign group will be targeting UK media outlets during global ME Awareness Day – calling out what it calls the corporate media’s systemic “mis-and-disinformation” relating to this chronic illness....
Disabled activist Neil Goodwin was arrested under the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act outside parliament...
The job postings come as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continues its drive to crack down on benefit fraud....
A recent episode of the hospital drama Casualty misrepresented the very serious risks that Covid still poses. Jane Stevenson wrote to the BBC to explain just how wrong they’d got it....
A recent advert by the Alzheimer’s Society has caused significant backlash from both individuals living with dementia, those that love them and provide unpaid care, and professionals in the field of neurological support needs....
Every year on March 1st, the disability community comes together to remember the victims of filicide – people with disabilities killed by their family members. Vigils are held on the Day of Mourning in cities around the world....
By John Pring on 22nd February 2024...
#NoMoreBenefitDeaths...
Disabled people who faced the prospect of being forced to move into care homes if the cost of supporting them at home was considered ‘too expensive’ are claiming a huge victory, after Bristol City Council told them it was dropping the proposal....
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