Funding pot to provide sporting prosthetics for children who have lost limbs
Children who have lost one or both of their legs may be able to get hold of the latest running blades through a Government scheme. The Department of Health and
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Deaf and disabled people feel ‘discriminated against’ when booking live music tickets
The majority of deaf and disabled people have experienced problems and largely feel discriminated against when trying to book tickets to live music events, according to a new report. The
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Schools ‘at breaking point’ over funding for special needs education
There is a crisis of “epidemic proportions” in education for children with special needs, teachers have warned. Schools are at “breaking point” with a lack of funding, and no places
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Webwatch: Twitter tightens rules to protect disabled users from abuse
Twitter has updated the wording of its rules to make the reporting of hateful comments against disabled people easier following a campaign by a disability charity. Muscular Dystrophy UK had
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Discretionary welfare being ‘hacked away’ as £300 million axed from major benefit funds
Discretionary welfare payments are being “hacked away”, a senior MP has claimed, after new figures showed more than £300 million has been axed from two major benefits funds. Fresh analysis
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Charities unite in move to grow frontline social care provision in Scotland
Two of Scotland’s leading disability charities are joining together in a move they say will protect and grow frontline social care services across Scotland. ENABLE Scotland and Sense Scotland have
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Disability benefits ‘rigged’ against people with Parksinson’s says charity
The Government is spending more than £700,000 reassessing people with the most severe cases of Parkinson’s for disability benefits, even though they will never get any better, campaigners have claimed.
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Tens of thousands of sick and disabled underpaid average of £5000 beneifts, NAO
Tens of thousands of ill or disabled people were underpaid benefits by an average of around £5,000, the public spending watchdog has found. An estimated 70,000 claimants transferred to Employment
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Campaigners call for action over ‘poor’ provision for Troubles victims
Wheelchair and prosthetic limb provision is worse in Northern Ireland than other parts of the UK, according to Troubles victims. The warning comes as some of those most seriously hurt
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Legal duty ensures disabled Scots must be provided with specialist communications equipment
Disabled people at risk of losing their voice are now required to be provided with specialist communications equipment on the NHS. The legal duty, which was secured by the late
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