Disability News Service

The aviation industry has made slow but steady progress in introducing suggested improvements to the accessibility of air travel for disabled people in the UK over the last year, according to a new report. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/slow-but-ste...

Disabled children and young people are being placed at risk of abuse because they are missing out on “vital” relationship and sex education at school, according to a new report. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/relationship...

Disabled people have spoken in a new report of their “constant fear” and worry that being physically active could put their disability benefits at risk. #PIP #ActivityTrap #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peo...

The Times has blocked Disability News Service from alerting its readers to research which exposed how reforms to out-of-work disability benefits led to hundreds of deaths of disabled people in the early 2010s. #TheTimes #WelfareInquiry #DWPdeaths www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-times-bl...

Disability News Service will continue to operate and produce stories for its website and subscribers, despite its editor being made redundant. #Canary #DisabilityNewsService www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-n...

Three leading social media companies have failed to act over animations that are spreading hate and lies about disabled people who receive benefits at an “alarming” rate. #PIP #Instagram #Facebook #TikTok www.disabilitynewsservice.com/instagram-fa...

Campaigners are “deeply concerned” about the government’s commitment to scrapping care charges, after a minister refused to confirm that Andy Burnham’s pledge of free personal care for older people would also apply to working-age disabled people. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deep-concern...

The Covid inquiry is guilty of “a deep disservice” to disabled people neglected in their own homes during the pandemic by failing to examine their experiences in detail in its crucial report on the social care system, say campaigners. #UKCovidInquiry www.disabilitynewsservice.com/covid-inquir...

Disability News Service will continue publishing stories, despite indefinite closure of Canary www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-n...

The aviation industry has made slow but steady progress in introducing suggested improvements to the accessibility of air travel for disabled people in the UK over the last year, according to a new report. #AccessibleTravel www.disabilitynewsservice.com/slow-but-ste...

Relationship and sex education failures put disabled pupils at risk of abuse, says new report @staysafeeast.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/relationship...

Disabled people who rely on PIP face ‘constant fear’ that physical activity could see them lose their benefits #PIP #ActivityTrap #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peo...

The Times blocks DNS from raising concerns with its readers about DWP deaths, in response to Burnham ‘welfare inquiry’ article @thetimes.com #DWP #DWPdeaths www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-times-bl...

Instagram, Facebook and TikTok fail to act on animations spreading hate and lies about PIP claimants #PIP #Instagram #Facebook #TikTok www.disabilitynewsservice.com/instagram-fa...

‘Deep concern’ over minister’s refusal to guarantee free personal care for working-age adults #CaseyCommission #SocialCare #CareCrisis www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deep-concern...

Covid inquiry criticised for sidelining disabled people who received support at home in pandemic #Covid #CovidInquiry www.disabilitynewsservice.com/covid-inquir...

Police forces and prosecutors are both finally working to increase the number of disability hate crime prosecutions in England and Wales, as the number of court cases remains stubbornly low, despite a long-awaited rise. #DisabilityHateCrime www.disabilitynewsservice.com/progress-at-...

The Times has joined a long list of organisations and individuals that are ignoring the risks posed by cuts and reforms to the social security system for disabled people who rely on benefits to survive. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-times-ig...

Disabled campaigners have given a broadly warm welcome to a review into the prevalence of mental ill-health and distress, ADHD and autism, despite attempts by commentators and politicians to misrepresent its findings. #MentalHealth #ADHD #Autism www.disabilitynewsservice.com/review-dismi...

Disabled people can now report media coverage that scapegoats and stigmatises them and contributes to the hostile environment many of them face in their daily lives, thanks to a new campaign. #InclusionLondon #DisabilityMediaAction www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-campaign...

The Department for Work and Pensions has been ordered to release a report that examined the quality of #PIP assessments carried out by telephone, after one of them was linked to the death or serious harm suffered by a claimant. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/information-...

A disabled peer has broken new ground this week by using a version of her own voice – generated by artificial intelligence – to deliver a speech in the House of Lords. #AI #HouseOfLords #Disability www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...

The Department for Work and Pensions is secretly introducing changes to how it checks the quality of disability assessments, risking claimant safety and increasing the chance of dodgy reports slipping through the net, DNS has learned. #DWP #PIP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/leaked-dwp-c...

The charity that oversees the #Motability car scheme says that “deeply troubling” #Conservative plans to save £1 billion a year by removing VAT exemptions could instead “dismantle” the scheme and would raise just a few million pounds in revenue. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/conservative...

Conservatives’ £1 billion Motability VAT plan will decimate scheme and raise almost nothing, figures show #Motability #VAT @conservatives.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/conservative...

I would say the Tories are a joke party if it wasn't so tragic the impact a policy like this would have on people. Tories are literally out of ideas!

Progress at last on disability hate crime, but prosecution figures still fail to reflect daily experience of hostility #DisabilityHateCrime #CPS @inclusionlondon.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/progress-at-...

The Times ignores efforts to draw its attention to years of DWP deaths as it launches its own ‘welfare inquiry’ #DWP @thetimes.com www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-times-ig...

Review dismisses claims of widespread over-diagnosis across mental health, ADHD and autism #Fonagy #MentalHealth #Autism #ADHD @nsunnews.bsky.social @ritb.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/review-dismi...

New campaign aims to make media hostility towards disabled people unprofitable… now it needs your help @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @thetimes.com @gbnewsonline.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-campaign...

Information Commission orders DWP to release secret report that examined quality of PIP phone assessments #DWP #PIP #InformationCommission www.disabilitynewsservice.com/information-...

Disabled peer uses AI tech to recreate the voice she used to have, as she delivers speech to House of Lords #AI #HouseOfLords @elevenlabs.io www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...

Leaked DWP ‘corner-cutting’ plans reveal changes to checks on assessments that will cause ‘even more risk’ #DWP #PIP #WCA @disrightsuk.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/leaked-dwp-c...

Conservatives’ £1 billion Motability VAT plan will decimate scheme and raise almost nothing, figures show #Motability #VAT @conservatives.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/conservative...

Transport industry managers are failing to budget for access to be embedded from the start of major projects because of the lack of national accessibility standards, a meeting at this week’s Conservative party conference has heard. #CPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/national-acc...

The Conservative party has refused to explain why it blocked Disability News Service from receiving its press releases at its annual conference, and why it refuses to answer questions on disability-related policy. #CPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tories-discr...

The disability minister has supported his government’s “unprincipled” decision to slash accessible housing targets set by the last Conservative government. #AccessibleHousing #Labour www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-de...

The government has refused to say whether the disability minister was told that a member of the steering group reviewing #PIP was about to publish a report calling for spending on disability benefits for children to be slashed. #TimmsReview #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-silent-a...

An accessible transport expert was left stuck in mid-air on an unsafe platform lift for over an hour at this week’s #Conservative conference, just after the party’s own disability group admitted access was not a priority for the Tories. #CPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/access-failu...

The Green party has been unable to explain why it failed to use its “biggest ever party conference” in Brighton this week to promote any new policies aimed at addressing the many societal barriers facing disabled people. #GreenParty #GPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/greens-sidel...

Disabled campaigners have welcomed a government strategy that says new passenger trains should aim to allow level boarding wherever possible, but they say key amendments to the railways bill will be needed to make the plan a reality. #LevelBoarding www.disabilitynewsservice.com/level-boardi...

A Tory shadow minister has said that accusing parents of “gaming the system” to secure support for their disabled children is “populist BS”, just hours after his leader accused many disabled adults of doing exactly that when claiming benefits. #CPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/shadow-minis...

The Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary may finally have accepted that spending on social security is not “out of control”, just as her party says it wants to cut more than £36 billion a year from the “welfare” budget. #CPC26 #Conservatives www.disabilitynewsservice.com/whately-appe...

Tories discriminate against disabled editor by blocking DNS from receiving key information at conference #CPC26 #Discrimination www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tories-discr...

National accessibility standards are crucial for addressing transport barriers, Tories hear at conference #CPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/national-acc...

Greens sideline disabled people at 'biggest ever' annual conference #GreenParty #GPC26 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/greens-sidel...

Ministers’ decision to slash accessible housing targets was ‘unprincipled’, but Timms says they were right #AccessibleHousing @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-de...

Access failures at Tory conference leave wheelchair-user suspended in mid-air for more than an hour #CPC26 #ICC www.disabilitynewsservice.com/access-failu...

DWP silent after Tory member of PIP review publishes report demanding child disability benefits are slashed #PIP #TimmsReview #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-silent-a...

Level boarding pledge in government strategy is welcomed, but railways bill amendments are still vital #LevelBoarding @abcommuters.bsky.social @transportforall.org.uk www.disabilitynewsservice.com/level-boardi...