All news on the topic: Disability
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Autistic people in service in British intelligence
The BBC has been given rare access inside MI5’s headquarters in London to meet a senior intelligence officer who shares what it was like to discover he was neurodivergent.
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Sunak faces criticism for politicizing mental illness, turning it into another battleground in the cultural divide
Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment
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One-legged dementia patient, 93, died after being Tasered as officers charged
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
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DWP shares benefit update for people claiming PIP who need help with mobility
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)
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CCTV released as disabled woman's bag robbed while parked at Home Bargains
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
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Nearly half of Brits wrongly believe they are not eligible to be foster parents
And some of the top things they feel would stand in their way include being single, identifying as LGBTQ+ - or being too old
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'Rich man' slammed for parking his £130k Mercedes in Sainsbury's disabled bay
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
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Jimmy Carr leaves audience member 'insulted' with jokes about her disability
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
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Terrified mum's desperate plea after disabled son's benefits slashed
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
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Employers urged to make 'radical difference' to lives of autistic people in work
The Government has published a review into access to work for autistic people
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'I put foot down over best man's disability, he can't wear jeans to my wedding'
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
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Over half of universal credit recipients have run out of food, survey finds
More than two-fifths are behind with one household bill or more, according to the survey.
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Mum 'fuming' after son with autism becomes trapped in McDonald's toilet
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
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First Dates couple hope to break intimate taboo after Corrie inspiration
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
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Man with rare disease stunned as council claws back £50k he saved before trip
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
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Disabled woman who broke both ankles in wheelchair accident denied pay out
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
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Ban pavement parking right now, say thousands of Mirror readers
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?
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Chancellor urged to act as a record 2.8m are off work on long-term sickness
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
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Should pavement parking be banned? Take our poll and have your say
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?
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Teacher with just two fingers says she can type faster than most people
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
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Three Tories probed over 'Dickensian' remarks about children with special needs
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
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Playgrounds to made more accessible to stop disabled kids being excluded
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
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Blind man who has never experienced sight shares what he 'sees' in his dreams
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
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'I'm the first blind person to visit every country - but airports are appalling'
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
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Mum with nerve damage has Blue Badge bid rejected as she's 'not disabled enough'
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'
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