The Latest Breaking News from Disability

In this edition we report on the latest technological innovations for disabled people in France. Founded by Nicolas Huchet, who lost his right hand in a work-related accident, My Human Kit is a company aimed at transforming the lives of those living with a disability. From prosthetic hands to electric…

The petition argues that benefit rules mean that disabled people have to choose either ‘happiness or financial independence’.

All the increases to weekly and monthly payment rates for those on the Basic and New State Pension.

Sharine Milne is mastering the "art form" of modifying a motorcycle to reignite the passion of people who may not be able to operate a conventional vehicle because they are living with a physical disability or "life injury".

The Illinois comptroller choked up telling a House panel how her brother, a Chicago cop, was left disabled by COVID but denied full disability benefits.

Advocates are concerned people with disability in detention settings across Australia have been forgotten following the cancelled visit of an international torture prevention group.

Karen Butler-Lynch, who lives on disability allowance, and pensioner Anette Manning went to the Commission of Regulation for Utilities, when they got a €815 heating bill for a four week period

A successful claim for PIP or Adult Disability Payment made before reaching retirement age will continue.

Brown’s appeals ran out after almost 30 years on death row. Defense attorneys claim Harris County prosecutors hid evidence pointing to another suspect in the 1992 shooting deaths of four people in a Houston drug house.

The first part of the £900 means-tested cost of living payment is due in the new financial year.

"To go in and be in a seat where I couldn't even see was very disappointing."