All news on the topic: Disability

Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment

Donald Burgess, 93, died in hospital in the weeks after PCs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto were called to an East Sussex care home following reports of a knife threat

A mobility component is available to people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult or Child Disability Payment (ADP) in Scotland and Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Avon and Somerset Police have released an image of a man in a tracksuit after a woman's bag was snatched while she was parked in a disabled bay outside Home Bargains in Bristol

And some of the top things they feel would stand in their way include being single, identifying as LGBTQ+ - or being too old

Self-proclaimed millionaire Luke Desmaris has once again ruffled feathers on TikTok after posting a video of him parking his Mercedes in a disabled bay at Sainsbury's

Carly Ahlen said she felt like a 'sitting deaf duck' when Jimmy Carr picked her out from the crowd at a stand-up gig in Kent and made jokes about her disability

Ahead of the Budget, a mother is pleading with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to provide more support for families with disabled children who are left worse off when child benefits end

The Government has published a review into access to work for autistic people

A woman has asked internet users if she is wrong for demanding that her soon-to-be brother-in-law wears the same as the rest of the groomsmen to her wedding, despite him having a disability

More than two-fifths are behind with one household bill or more, according to the survey.

Matthew Vincett's mum has said her boy was left 'traumatised' after being locked in the disabled toilet for between three and four minutes at a branch of the fast food giant

Inspired by a plotline in Coronation Street, Mike Sumner, who has MND, explains how he wants to show the reality of the disease, but also how a loving and intimate relationship is possible

Nathan Lee Davies gave up social activities for years - instead saving up the money to spend on a dream trip. But when he told his support worker the council demanded the money back

Jemma Cook has had spina bifida since childhood and claims her council are not maintaining the highways. After breaking both her ankles she is now petitioning to get roads legislation changed

Most Mirror readers want to make it illegal to park on pavements, but some think such a bold move would actually cause more problems than it solves. What do you think?

The Office for National Statistics revealed 9.3 million were classed as economically inactive in the jobs market in the final quarter of last year, up 1.3% year-on-year

Pavement parking is one of the biggest complaints from pedestrians, so isn't it high time it was banned? An official report seems to think so - but what do you think?

Jessica Cummings, 35, from Foster City, San Francisco, California, was born with just two fingers and two toes but has found ways to adapt to her condition

Three councillors at Warwickshire County Council - Brian Hammersley, Clare Golby and Jeff Morgan - are being investigated over remarks they made about the number of Send cases

The Government’s Disability Action Plan will see disabled people encouraged to stand to become politicians while ministers will consider a 2031 Special Olympics World Summer Games bid

Film critic Tommy Edison, who was born blind, has taken to social media to share what he experiences when he dreams - causing people to question their own visual dreams

Hayley Kennedy, from London, became the first disabled person in the world to visit every single country recognised by the United Nations when she touched down in Libya last year

A woman who can't get around without her walking stick was rendered devastated when the council refused to grant her a Blue Badge on the grounds she's 'not disabled enough'

Businesses have a duty to make adjustments for disabled employees and job applicants under the Equalities Act 2010 yet companies have admitted they think adjustments are too costly