All news on the topic: Disability

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'How we rescued our little girl from threats of sex-trafficking and death'
Ben and Kate Griffiths, from Mold, North Wales, reveal how their adoption mission saved little Winnie-Rose from a grim life
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Someone's stare could be a sign of deafness - and show six other health warnings
Medics will usually look at a patient's ears to determine their hearing health, but this can't detect early signs of the condition. A group of Canadian researchers believe that by observing eye movements, they can spot deafness far earlier
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'We have become so cruel that disabled people losing benefits are celebrated'
Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey is urging people to look beyond
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Nearly one in five disabled adults don't feel supported in sporting events
Nearly four in 10 disabled adults are passionate about exercise - but over half don't feel they are prioritised in sport
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Why is NHS patient transport so difficult for people with disabilities
Anna Morell is a regular user of patient transport but because of her energy impairment she made the decision to book an ambulance with a stretcher for a hospital appointment
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Where does the state of our crumbling schools leave SEND pupils
More than 100 schools are unable to fully open for the start of the autumn term but this could have a devastating impact on SEND children
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Boy, 6, who was thrown off Tate Modern balcony takes first steps
The horrific 100ft plunge caused the then six-year-old life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and broken bones, and he spent months in intensive care
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Blue Badge parking rules every owner should know
Check out our extensive list of rules and regulations when using a Blue Badge, including where you can and cannot park, the top 10 things to remember, and when you must return it
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Minister not at UN shows how little Tories want to protect disabled people
This week, the UN Commission on the Rights of Disabled People committee took place but there was one notable absence - the UK's Minister Disabled People, Health and Work
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Ticket office protesters descend on Whitehall in desperate plea to scrap cull
Demonstrators held placards outside the Department for Transport as they demanded Government-backed plans to close nearly 1,000 station ticket offices across England are scrapped
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Campaigners against mass ticket office closures take fight to Whitehall
More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation into planned closures, which will hit the elderly, vulnerable and disabled - and put more than 2,300 station jobs at risk
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Rail firms admit elderly and disabled at risk of crime if ticket offices close
Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers
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Fury as ministers snub UN summit on disability rights in 'kick in the teeth'
The United Nations will review the UK Government’s progress in improving the lives of disabled people after a review in 2016 found that it was guilty of 'grave and systematic' violations of the UN’s disability convention
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'Tories only know price and profit - not the real value ticket offices have'
This Government seems hellbent on taking away everything of value the country has to offer and either giving it to the super-rich in the form of profit or throwing it in the bin
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Loose Women's Sophie Morgan buzzing after huge Hollywood star joins her mission
The TV star was paralysed from the waist down in a car crash when she was 18 and was fuming earlier this year when her specialist wheelchair was broken on a flight
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UK town slammed as 'chav paradise' with 'air of grubbiness' by angry tourists
A popular English seaside town has received some stick on Tripadvisor, due to litter, a lack of accessible toilets and a "general air or grubbiness". But not everyone is disdainful of the seafront holiday spot
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'Tories want us to pretend Covid is normal - we must keep protecting each other'
While this variant doesn't seem as deadly, it has the potential to spread more than others, because of how little is stopping it - as though we’re doing our best to ignore it
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Disabled pensioner hit with £100 fine for parking 'one inch' outside bay
The woman, 85, felt "angry, ill, sick, [and] disappointed" when she received the fine for parking incorrectly in a space in Cardiff Bay Retail Park on April 5 this year
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Ticket office closures 'could put lives at risk' as rail users left without help
The RMT's Mick Lynch said the plan to shut ticket counters at 974 stations across England would result in vital staff members being cut, leaving vulnerable passengers without support
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Dis Life: 'Spurs Disabled access makes fans feel like Beyonce'
Anyone who follows football will tell you that hope was a distant dream for Spurs last season, as they lost match after match by some margin - but now I have cause to hope
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Dis Life: '85% of prison inmates are neurodivergent - no one seems to care'
Up to 85% of people in prison may be neurodiverse - it speaks volumes about how the legal system is a blunt instrument with little understanding of how to the Equality Act
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People with one of these 52 eye conditions could get £407 each month from DWP
According to NHS England, around two million people across the UK are living with sight loss or a degenerative eye condition and it expects this figure to double by 2050
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Rally against rail ticket office cull on PM's doorstep as 400,000 respond
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said it will take the fight to Downing Street with a large protest outside No10 on August 31
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UK's first hiking guidebook for wheelchair users and parents with prams launches
The Pathfinder Lake District and Cumbria – Accessible Routes for All guidebook by Ordnance Survey highlights accessible routes for Lake District National Park, the tranquil Cumbrian Solway Coast and along sections of Hadrian’s Wall
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EHRC report finds what disabled people already know the government is failing us
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has ruled that disabled people face more discrimination and a growing risk of poverty with successive governments making little to no progress