/ October 15, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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Bronwyn Berg became so fed-up with people manhandling her without asking, she put spikes on her wheelchair. And she’s not alone. With a spate of disabled people reporting unwanted touching some are taking action to stop it in its tracks.…
/ October 15, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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“I was embarrassed. It really hurt me, really affected me”Josh Reeves, who has cerebral palsy, was abused on a gaming platform.Hate crimes in Eng & Wales have now reached record numbers – 103,000 offences in 2018-19https://t.co/jnTgGwu5v9 pic.twitter.com/eij8EL1FHK— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE)…
/ October 14, 2019 at 11:15 PM
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Tiffany Halliday has multiple hidden disabilities, but is not letting any of them hold her back. The seven-year-old from Sheerness, Kent, has genetic issues including an extra chromosome, multiple heart defects, respiratory problems, hypermobility and hearing loss. After getting involved…
/ October 14, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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The UK government is accelerating the development of robots in the benefits system in a digitisation drive that vulnerable claimants fear could plunge them further into hunger and debt, the Guardian has learned. The Department for Work and Pensions has…
/ October 14, 2019 at 3:03 PM
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A disabled man said he has been forced to choose between paying for tablets or food after he was refused benefits. Neil Alexander, who has had serious kidney problems since birth, said “it feels like they just want you to…
/ October 13, 2019 at 11:15 PM
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A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform an abortion on a woman with severe learning disabilities who is 12 weeks pregnant. Mr Justice Williams heard that a GP had recently discovered that the woman, who is in her…
/ October 13, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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Bella Parkhouse is a typical teenager. She spends her time juggling college, a part-time job and seeing friends. But she’s also among the 10% of people who live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) under the age of 18. Bella tells us…
/ October 10, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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Shocking but not surprising is how one campaigner has described a rise in disability hate crimes. Research by learning disability charity United Response found there were more than 6,000 reported cases in 2018-19, a rise of just under 12% in…
/ October 10, 2019 at 11:18 AM
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Jobcentre chiefs have withdrawn a document on chronic illness after an outcry from disability campaigners. The form asked claimants to describe their condition while avoiding words like “chronic” or “degenerating” – because they “sound worse than they are”. It added…
/ October 9, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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A wheelchair user says he was “forced to wet” himself when he was left at a bus shelter for an hour. Ryan McDade said he was passed by three Pronto buses in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The 20-year-old said he felt “dehumanised”…
/ October 9, 2019 at 3:53 PM
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Campaigners have forced a government U-turn after demonstrating that chronically ill claimants suffering severe pain were wrongly denied disability benefits on the basis that they were not taking powerful, opiate-based painkillers. Bristol Law Centre said disability benefit assessors routinely assumed…
/ October 8, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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A row has broken out between a football club and its disabled supporters’ group. Wrexham FC said the club’s Disabled Supporters Association (DSA) went “on strike” after it had a ticket and an on-pitch presentation request refused. The DSA usually…
/ October 8, 2019 at 12:52 PM
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I feel like I’ve got two identities: being deaf and being black. It’s a double struggle to fit in and I’ve had to work 10 times harder than my classmates. [A recent report from the National Deaf Children’s Society, which…
/ October 7, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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/ October 6, 2019 at 11:30 PM
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Ron McCallum and Mary Crock share an office in their Sydney home. The couple live together, teach together and work together. In 2017, they wrote a book about disabled refugees together. Both are law professors – Crock in public law…
/ October 6, 2019 at 11:20 PM
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Benefits managers have been caught on tape making horrifying comments about claimants. One advocated blowing them up with a grenade, another accused them of getting money for nothing while the disabled were accused of “faking it.” In one disturbing taped…
/ October 6, 2019 at 11:15 PM
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When Damon’s guide dog DeeBee visits the vet for a check-up there is some unexpected news. He is weighed and found to be 5kg overweight – that’s slightly more than your average cat. Damon must get DeeBee back to a…
/ October 6, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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With many thanks to Benefits And Work: Only one fraudster has so far been prosecuted for preying on claimants and stealing their universal credit (UC) advance payments, the government has admitted. Back in July we reported on what had become…
/ October 3, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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Twin bloggers Hermon and Heroda lost their hearing when they were children but new clothing using haptic sensors means they can enjoy a night out dancing to music. Special software captures the music, interprets it and then transforms it into…
/ October 2, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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As a graduate in the 1980s, Simon Baron‑Cohen taught autistic children at a special school in London. Little was known about autism then, and people often misheard him, assuming he taught “artistic children”. “People would be ashamed if they had…
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