/ August 22, 2017 at 2:35 PM
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A deaf man was thrown out of a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen in front of shocked customers because he had his hearing dog with him. Louise DeNew was eating with her partner at the restaurant in Wimbledon, south-west London,…
/ August 21, 2017 at 11:00 PM
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At last, readers, a Paralympian on Strictly! A disabled competitor on Strictly! Our editor has waited ages for this moment. She’ll be watching, and hoping Jonnie Peacock does very well in the competition. She’s thrilled!!! TV personality Debbie McGee, singer Alexandra Burke and…
/ August 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM
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Awkward! This week’s podcast, the first of two recorded live in Scotland, is all about a badly timed dislocation, a wheelchair user who stunned a nun by walking and the depressed man who got too good at pretending to like…
/ August 21, 2017 at 12:43 PM
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Downing Street claimed that “no disability applicant will lose out as a result of the changes to personal independence payment (Pip)” but, in my experience, hardly a day has passed without hard evidence to the contrary. It’s heartbreaking. Pip is…
/ August 20, 2017 at 11:26 PM
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More than 5,000 sick and disabled people have had their benefits sanctioned for at least 6 months, new figures show. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed the extent of punishments used against people on disability benefit Employment…
/ August 20, 2017 at 11:00 PM
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The department for work and pensions is set to make more than 800 staff redundant, union chiefs say. A programme of office closures and the implementation of a new “corporate centre hub strategy” will see the positions axed as early…
/ August 18, 2017 at 10:13 AM
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The governing body of English cricket has been accused of discriminating against colour blind people after introducing a pink ball for the first day-night Test match on Thursday. Colour Blind Awareness has written to the England and Wales Cricket Board…
/ August 17, 2017 at 6:28 PM
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Same Difference was invited by Inclusion London, who are supporting Luke Davey in his case against Oxfordshire County Council, to cover part of today’s tribunal hearing in the case, at the Royal Courts of Justice. Luke Davey, 40, has quadriplegic…
/ August 17, 2017 at 3:39 PM
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Same Difference was offline this morning. We were working with Inclusion London who are supporting Luke Davey, a man with Cerebral Palsy, in his court case against Oxfordshire County Council who have cut his care package. Here are some photos…
/ August 16, 2017 at 11:37 AM
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This has a focus on PIP assessors:
/ August 16, 2017 at 11:25 AM
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Liz Carr is a respected friend of our editor. We wish her well in a full and fast recovery from this terrible, shocking incident. Liz Carr, the Silent Witness star, was been stabbed in the head by an attacker armed with two…
/ August 16, 2017 at 8:00 AM
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/ August 16, 2017 at 12:11 AM
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/ August 15, 2017 at 2:25 PM
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Just how witty is your Tinder bio? This 20-year-old is using hers to help remove the stigma surrounding disability. Lauren is a 20-year-old from San Diego and she lost her arm in a moped accident a year ago. In an…
/ August 15, 2017 at 2:19 PM
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Sylvia Mac has spent most of her life trying to conceal the extensive scars which cover her body – the legacy of a childhood accident. Here she explains why, at the age of 48, she decided it was time to…
/ August 14, 2017 at 8:00 AM
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Disabled passengers arriving at Heathrow airport are being forced to wait up to two hours for help in disembarking aircraft, the aviation regulator has said. The west London hub is one of four airports where the Civil Aviation Authority judged…
/ August 14, 2017 at 2:38 AM
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/ August 10, 2017 at 11:04 PM
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Speye Joe It’s not what disabled people can’t do, it is what they can has been the mantra of the Conservatives ever since 2010 along another highly superficial mantra of the best route out of poverty is to work. Yesterday…
/ August 10, 2017 at 12:05 PM
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