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Football has “failed disabled people”, and its troubled world governing body must now place disability at the heart of its reform process, according to a leading UK campaigner. The Centre…

A disabled actor has called on the film industry to see her as a woman and a performer first, rather than focusing on her impairment. Sarah Gordy, who has appeared…

Four campaigning disabled models have set up a petition to demand that ministers address the “blatant disablism” within the fashion industry. They want the government to punish the industry for…

Business owners are starting to see the provision of accessible facilities as an “opportunity” rather than an “obligation”, according to the sponsor of an event that will encourage disabled people…

A disabled man has had to return to the factory where he has twice been victimised by the same manager, in a campaign of bullying and harassment that he says…

A unique new website aims to bring together networks representing hundreds of thousands of disabled employees across the UK. PurpleSpace will support the leaders of disabled employee networks (DENs) and…

Football’s Premier League clubs have agreed to transform access at their grounds, following a 14-year campaign by disabled supporters. The Premier League announced this week that every one of its…

Members of a House of Lords committee examining the impact of the Equality Act 2010 have visited a user-led organisation to hear from disabled people on how the legislation has…

The equality watchdog has called on the government to do more to boost the number of disabled people involved in politics. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the…

Deaf campaigners have hailed new legislation as an “historic landmark” that will give important new rights to users of British Sign Language (BSL) in Scotland. The BSL (Scotland) bill passed…