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'It's not about what I can't do, it's about what I CAN do as a disabled person'

Champion of disability rights Simon Sansome on his life as a disabled man after suffering a spinal injury following surgery for a slipped disc at the age of 32 - just one month after his wedding

Daily Mirror

'Wheeling Away' is a start of a revolution in disability representation: Parenting expert Saakshi Singla on co-authoring her new picture book with Hasitha Illa

In a world, where most of us fail to accept and appreciate the life we live, the things we possess, Hasitha Illa, who suffers from a neurological condition Friedreich’s Ataxia, has not only embraced her disability, but she, along with child development expert and parenting coach, Saakshi Singla, have gone…

The Times of India

PIP provides up to £156 each week for thousands of people with these 24 respiratory conditions

Conditions including severe asthma are being supported by the DWP through PIP.

Daily Record

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Five steps to attract more staff with disabilities that every business can take

For International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Saturday, December 3 - we take a look at how giving staff the support to work in a way that suits their needs creates a more inclusive, successful and creative workplace

Birmingham Post

Queensland security boss says more industry training needed so staff can see invisible disabilities

The Queensland Human Rights Commission says 60 per cent of discrimination complaints dealt with last year related to invisible disabilities.

ABC News

Latecomers: TV series shot in Newcastle premieres tonight

"It's about showing people that we're as human as the next person."

Newcastle Herald

What Ability taking people with a disability on recreational camps as sports stars break stigma

A national program offering people with a disability the experience of a recreational camp is providing a welcome sense of normality, as sport stars get involved to help change public perceptions.

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Disability inclusion in esports and gaming can 'change the makeup of society'

Justin is a quadriplegic and can't participate in traditional sport or physical activity, but gaming is a valuable outlet for him, and many other people with a disability.

ABC News

These Australians are flying the flag for Disability Pride and changing the narrative from pity to respect

The Disability Pride movement is gathering momentum across the world. Here, we speak to some of those flying the flag in Australia.

ABC News

Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?

Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most

The Walrus

People of State Pension age with joint pain could be due up to £369 each month

Nearly 1.5m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

‘We bring something fresh’: the theatre companies exploding myths about disability

Not Your Circus Dog’s new show is a riotous upending of audiences’ preconceptions of disability and neurodivence. It joins a swelling movement of similar collectives rewriting the stage rulebook

The Guardian - UK

Parents urged to claim new child payment worth up to £627 each month to help cover additional costs

Nearly 44,000 children and young people with a disability or health condition were receiving the devolved benefit in September.

Daily Record

Child Disability Payment puts £60m in pockets of struggling Scots families

Minister for Social Security Ben Macpherson urged people to get in touch to receive the benefits "they are entitled to".

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"Music is their language": school gives autistic Chinese youth a voice

Almost three years of pandemic restrictions have been hard for 23-year-old Chinese villager Zu Wenbao, but thanks to Beijing-based Chen's Studio, music has become his saving grace.

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Q&A blog: Celebrate International Day of People with Disability and learn from those with lived experiences

To celebrate International Day of People with Disability, we hosted a live Q&A so you can learn from those with lived experiences.

ABC News

Bunbury's quest for most accessible city not yet realised but efforts to improve disabled access continues

An ambitious goal of being the most accessible regional city in Australia has yet to be realised by the West Australian city of Bunbury, but efforts are bearing fruit.

ABC News

Entrepreneurs living with disability turn their ideas for social media, ID cards into reality to help others

Leanne Whitehouse has a plan to bring together the broader public and people with a brain injury, after she waited 25 years for her own diagnosis.

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Daily Record

New PIP online application service to be optional with other ways to claim offered by DWP

An online PIP service aims to reduce processing times and improve the claimant journey experience.

Daily Record

New weekly payment rates for ESA and JSA from April including additional premiums for disability and children

Payment rates will come into effect on April 10, 2023.

WEKU

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

ABC News

Inclusive schoolies program ensures teens living with disabilities don't have to miss out on graduation fun

Mainstream schoolies events can be an ‘isolating’ experience for some teens living with a disability. But inclusive celebrations mean they don’t have to miss out on the party.

Daily Record

DWP annual Christmas bonus for people on State Pension and certain benefits due this month

The qualifying period for the £10 payment starts this week.

ABC News

New sit paddleboards let people with a disability like Shane Hyrhorec enjoy water sports

When Shane Hryhorec saw accessible paddleboards overseas he wanted to make sure people in Australia could give them a go too.

ABC News

Centacare's John Red Kelly musical brings actors with disability to centre stage at HOTA

One loves heavy metal and the other prefers pop, but actors Joshua and Stanley are showing disability is no barrier to musical theatre through their performance of John Red Kelly.

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