All news on the topic: Disability

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Disabled teenage brothers found naked inside squalid locked room
The unnamed 17 and 19-year-old boys were found unclothed in a bare room with the door handles removed when emergency services arrived in Australia
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Greece to make 287 beaches wheelchair accessible with high-tech swimming tracks
Greek company Seatrac is leading the ramp project and has already made improvement at 140 beaches across mainland Greece and its islands, with another 140 to come
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Blind army veteran 'kicked out of pub for having his guide dog with him'
John Hardy claims he tried to buy a drink at a pub in Somerset but was refused due to his guide dog Sidney, then told the bar was closed
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UK's most accessible beaches including Bournemouth, Brighton and Weymouth
The accessibility of UK beaches was judged based on their Disability Rights UK Survey score, how much a wheelchair costs to hire, and the cost of disabled toilet access
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Voters demand pay boost for struggling carers to make them equal with NHS staff
A petition calls on the Government to place care workers on Band 3 of the NHS's national pay scheme - giving carers a much-needed salary hike
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Dis Life: How you can be Disabled if you can’t be diagnosed with a disability
It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults
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Specsavers hits out at ALT image trend for misusing accessibility features
Twitter's new joke picture trend has riled up eyecare brand Specsavers as it misuses accessibility feature ALT descriptions - which some users have called ableist
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Wheelchair user 'abandoned' and 'forced to crawl down stairs' on Ryanair flight
Adrian Keogh just wanted to "travel with dignity" but was left "humiliated" after the Ryanair plane landed at Landvetter airport in Sweden late on Saturday night
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'Breast milk may help the brain development of babies born before 37 weeks'
Dr Miriam reveals research at Edinburgh University which indicates that the brains of premature babies who have more breast milk could develop more quickly than those who don't
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Hundreds and thousands of Brits living in areas dangerously at risk of flooding
Households in these areas are at high risk due to a lack of flood defences and their location, with economic and social deprivation also often being a factor in affected areas
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Award-winning poet spent years trying to hide his deafness at work
Award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus tells Adrian Monti it took him decades not to feel ashamed of his deafness
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Talented moggy collects mail from postman and takes it to deaf owner
In this week's Pet Club, Zebby the cat takes care of his deaf owner, a miracle dog makes a full recovery after being paralysed and a pet parrot becomes a TikTok star
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Dis Life: 'Down’s Syndrome Barbie. She’s plastic. But it might not be fantastic'
It’s great that Mattel has taken such care to represent a Disabled person as true to life. But it’s still presenting non-Disabled people with an unachievable ideal of beauty in traditional Barbie
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Disabled people 'struggle to find work due to lack of support at Jobcentres'
A lack of adequate assistive technology and poor training of Jobcentre Plus staff means people with complex disabilities struggle to use the services, according to a leading charity
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Disabled mum disgusted on finding ‘moronic’ note left on car after shopping trip
After a recent shopping trip in Canberra, Australia, the unnamed woman returned to the car to find the decidedly passive aggressive letter
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Airlines could soon be graded on how kindly they treat disabled plane passengers
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has proposed ranking airlines on how well they treat disabled passengers, including how good their seats and toilets are onboard, as well as how easy boarding and disembarking is
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Tories told to act now to save social care as exodus leaves 165,000 vacancies
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services today issues a warning for the future of the sector amid staff shortages and funding rows as it publishes its latest report
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Strictly's Rose Ayling-Ellis announces exciting new TV job
Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to make an appearance on Loose Women as the main guest during a special episode celebrating and raising awareness of the deaf community
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DWP benefit fraud raids are trying to make us forget who the real enemy is
The Conservatives publicising their benefit fraud raids is a tactical campaign to get the public’s support in killing disabled and other at-risk people
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Manchester Arena bomb survivor treats paramedic who saved him to Wembley day out
Manchester Arena bombing survivor Martin Hibbert has treated paramedic Paul who saved his life to a day out at Wembley to see Manchester United in the FA Cup final
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British Paralympian opens up about obstacles in sport after 77th marathon run
Team GB star Richard Whitehead, who was born without both legs, shares the struggles he faced finding opportunities in sport - despite his current incredible successes
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Three blind men trapped with no way out as chaos and violence escalates in city
Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum
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Voter ID will lock out many at-risk people - we can't let it
The government have brought in a law that in order to vote you must have ID, this means that unless you have a valid ID you will be turned away
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'Fit and healthy' man faces moving into elderly care home at age of just 44
Serene Crutchley says sibling Gary Crutchley needs to be cared for after suffering a shock stroke in 2020 at the age of 41 but a lack of supported housing in his area means he has few options
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Boots slammed by customers for 'simply unacceptable' disability parking sign
Angry customers have hit out at Boots after they put up a sign for 'less abled' parking outside one of their shops - with one person telling the chain that disabled is 'not a dirty word'