Too many children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties are still not getting the help they need, campaigners have warned. A new report argues that poor understanding
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Hundreds of disabled people are set to benefit from a £15,000 boost to a cap on funding provided through a flagship scheme to help people into work. Work and Pensions
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Ministers have announced a review of school exclusions, amid concerns that some youngsters are more likely to be taken out of classrooms than others. Education Secretary Damian Hinds argued that
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Many children “will be condemned to start life in poverty” as a result of Government changes to taxes and social security, a major new report has warned. Watchdog the Equality
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The winners of the National Autistic Society’s Autism Professionals Awards were announced at a special ceremony in Harrogate last week. The top accolade, the Lifetime Achievement Award, went to philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley
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Disability benefit claimants are now winning record levels of appeals against the Department for Work and Pensions, new figures show. Assessments for both Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and
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The Government has pledged to improve bus access for wheelchair users following a Supreme Court ruling. New measures to ensure wheelchair users can travel in spaces set aside for them
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A charity has urged Twitter to do more to help disabled users report hate speech against them on the site, claiming it remained too difficult to report disability-related abuse. Muscular
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Disabled people are unable to afford the same standard of living as non-disabled people, a charity has warned. A new report from the disability charity Scope found that disabled people
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A “pervasive lack of trust” among disabled people in the method of assessing their welfare claims risks undermining the operation of the Government’s flagship benefits, MPs have warned. Since 2013,
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