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The RNIB has joined forces with the international wayfinding system what3words to help blind and partially-sighted people arrive precisely where they need to be. The charity is promoting wider use…

About 500 new large accessible toilets for severely disabled people are to be installed across England after the government announced £23.5m of funding. The BBC reported that The Department for…

A youth wheelchair rugby club is down to just one player with a disability since resuming training after a two-year hiatus due to Covid. BBC Online reports that the Ospreys…

A new charity will work to increase access to the Yorkshire Dales in memory of a teacher who died from bowel cancer last year. Access the Dales has been established…

Motability has launched a competition to find partners to run a £20 million evidence centre funded by the charity and dedicated to making transport accessible for disabled people. Motability plans…

A disabled woman who was late returning to her car because of her fall has had her £100 fine quashed. Jeanne Young was 16 minutes late getting back to the…

Many disabled Londoners are “prisoners in their own homes” because of the lack of public toilets in the capital, an activist has warned. Sue Elsegood, a wheelchair user who has…

A woman who lost her job after she was deemed “too short” to drive buses safely has been reinstated. The media reported that Tracey Scholes was told she was unable…

The UK Government’s National Disability Strategy, published in July last year after several delays, has been ruled unlawful by a High Court judge over its failure to properly consult disabled…

The government has pledged its commitment to improving accessibility for deaf people across the country by backing a Bill which will see British Sign Language (BSL) become a recognised language.…