Secret filming has exposed a scandal for disabled people
Secret filming by disabled activists has added to a growing controversy over disability rights. It's also backed up their argument ...
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The DWP’s most controversial reform has just been linked to the homelessness crisis
A flagship Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare reform is contributing to the homelessness crisis in England, according to ...
A series of tweets shows what a nightmare public transport is for disabled people
A disabled person has taken to Twitter to recount his 'malicious' experience on public transport. Sadly, for many disabled people, ...
Meet the DWP assessment centre disabled people can’t even access
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is under fire again. This time, because disabled people forced to attend its ...
There’s a worrying rise in disability hate crimes. And the media might have a large role to play.
Disability hate crimes are now the second most common hate crime reported to Avon and Somerset Police. Campaigners say, nonetheless, that ...
A disabled DWP worker nearly died on the job. So his boss called him a ‘whinger’.
A disabled man employed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) nearly died at work after he claimed his ...
The DWP is about to get a bit of a shock over Universal Credit
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Universal Credit welfare reform has been controversial. And now, a group of disabled ...
It’s Autism Awareness Week. Here’s why we need to call it a feminist issue.
As Autism Awareness Week draws to a close, a mother, campaigner, and woman who is autistic is calling for the ...
A disabled man’s video diary has just exposed the crisis in our social care industry
A disabled man has used a brutally honest video diary to highlight the crisis in the UK's adult social care ...
The DWP just won a court case literally allowing it to ignore disabled people’s human rights
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just won a court case. It is one which will now set ...
A daughter had to present the DWP with her dead mum’s ashes to prove she wasn’t ‘fit-for-work’
A daughter has hit back at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after it emerged she had to prove ...
Disabled people’s stories are about to give parliament a much needed wake up call
The real life stories of disabled people's experiences of the UK welfare system are being brought to life in a ...
A Channel 4 documentary just showed that the UK could be on a dangerous path for disabled children
On Thursday 15 March, Channel 4 screened a documentary called My Baby's Life: Who Decides?. And for me, it highlighted the ...
Wales has just recorded a ‘very concerning’ rise in the number of disabled people in poverty
The number of disabled people living in poverty in Wales has sharply increased since 2010 according to new research - with ...
John Humphrys triggers outrage with his crass question about Stephen Hawking live on air
Across the world, people have paid tribute to Stephen Hawking. Fellow scientists described him as "unique", a "genius" and "a beautiful ...
Twitter is stopping disabled activists from fighting for their human rights. Everyone should know about this.
Twitter is apparently restricting the accounts of disability rights campaigners. And the impact this has had on them cannot be ...
Disabled people want to meet Theresa May over the UN’s ‘human catastrophe’ verdict
A coalition of disabled people's organisations (DPOs) has written to Theresa May. It's asking her to meet with them over ...
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