All news on the topic: Disability

Medics will usually look at a patient's ears to determine their hearing health, but this can't detect early signs of the condition. A group of Canadian researchers believe that by observing eye movements, they can spot deafness far earlier

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey is urging people to look beyond

Nearly four in 10 disabled adults are passionate about exercise - but over half don't feel they are prioritised in sport

Anna Morell is a regular user of patient transport but because of her energy impairment she made the decision to book an ambulance with a stretcher for a hospital appointment

More than 100 schools are unable to fully open for the start of the autumn term but this could have a devastating impact on SEND children

The horrific 100ft plunge caused the then six-year-old life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and broken bones, and he spent months in intensive care

Check out our extensive list of rules and regulations when using a Blue Badge, including where you can and cannot park, the top 10 things to remember, and when you must return it

This week, the UN Commission on the Rights of Disabled People committee took place but there was one notable absence - the UK's Minister Disabled People, Health and Work

Demonstrators held placards outside the Department for Transport as they demanded Government-backed plans to close nearly 1,000 station ticket offices across England are scrapped

More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation into planned closures, which will hit the elderly, vulnerable and disabled - and put more than 2,300 station jobs at risk

Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers

The United Nations will review the UK Government’s progress in improving the lives of disabled people after a review in 2016 found that it was guilty of 'grave and systematic' violations of the UN’s disability convention

This Government seems hellbent on taking away everything of value the country has to offer and either giving it to the super-rich in the form of profit or throwing it in the bin

The TV star was paralysed from the waist down in a car crash when she was 18 and was fuming earlier this year when her specialist wheelchair was broken on a flight

A popular English seaside town has received some stick on Tripadvisor, due to litter, a lack of accessible toilets and a "general air or grubbiness". But not everyone is disdainful of the seafront holiday spot

While this variant doesn't seem as deadly, it has the potential to spread more than others, because of how little is stopping it - as though we’re doing our best to ignore it

The woman, 85, felt "angry, ill, sick, [and] disappointed" when she received the fine for parking incorrectly in a space in Cardiff Bay Retail Park on April 5 this year

The RMT's Mick Lynch said the plan to shut ticket counters at 974 stations across England would result in vital staff members being cut, leaving vulnerable passengers without support

Anyone who follows football will tell you that hope was a distant dream for Spurs last season, as they lost match after match by some margin - but now I have cause to hope

Up to 85% of people in prison may be neurodiverse - it speaks volumes about how the legal system is a blunt instrument with little understanding of how to the Equality Act

According to NHS England, around two million people across the UK are living with sight loss or a degenerative eye condition and it expects this figure to double by 2050

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said it will take the fight to Downing Street with a large protest outside No10 on August 31

The Pathfinder Lake District and Cumbria – Accessible Routes for All guidebook by Ordnance Survey highlights accessible routes for Lake District National Park, the tranquil Cumbrian Solway Coast and along sections of Hadrian’s Wall

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has ruled that disabled people face more discrimination and a growing risk of poverty with successive governments making little to no progress

Mick Whelan raised fears that safety is being taken for granted as he suggested rail workers and passengers will be more at risk in empty and unstaffed stations