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Experts say disabled people deserve greater flexibility and choice when it comes to managing the money they qualify for, and that the government is a long way off its promise to make disability support systems fair

There are 70,500 claimants in Leeds, who will receive over £10.5 million

It is the season of school and college admissions, and differently abled students in Kerala are in a bind with institutions demanding medical board certificates issued by the State government, even though they possess unique disability ID cards (UDID) issued by the Central government.

The colour of disability is purple. Where are the dances, the bands, the marches, the celebrations of the huge swathe of Disabled people that make up by far the largest minority in this country?

Nearly 300,000 households across Greater Manchester will be eligible for the cash boost

MORE than six million people with disabilities will start to receive a £150 cost-of-living payment from Tuesday.

The Derry City and Strabane area has the highest number of people who will receive the £150 payment

Among the people who may qualify for the payments include those on disability living allowance, personal independence payments and attendance allowance

If you're eligible for the money, it will appear in your bank statement from today, or over the next few weeks, with the code DWP COL along with your National Insurance number

Over 540 health conditions are supporting 3.3 million people across Scotland, England and Wales.

Four in five adults with these disabilities are put off going for a job - as nearly half of UK employers say they would be unlikely to hire such adults