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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to write to Manchester United and football’s Premier League after Disability News Service (DNS) passed on concerns that disabled fans had had…

The BBC is finally set to appoint a senior executive tasked with championing disabled talent and projects, more than 10 months after the new role was announced. The appointment of…

Digital accessibility campaigners are hoping that their new animated video will show designers how to avoid excluding disabled people from their websites, mobile phone apps, software and documents. The animation…

A disabled campaigner has succeeded in proving that he was discriminated against – twice – by the courts service. Doug Paulley, a wheelchair-user, has taken a string of cases against…

Disabled campaigners are furious that an organisation that fights discrimination in football has given a prestigious equality award to one of the world’s richest football clubs, Chelsea, despite its continuing…

Last week’s general election appears to have seen an improvement in access to polling stations for disabled voters, at least according to early reports. Disability charities have been highlighting the…

Young disabled campaigners are to go undercover across the UK to find out whether access to public transport has improved since they carried out a “damning” study six years ago.…

One of Britain’s greatest Paralympic athletes has called on wheelchair-users to back a new push to transform wheelchair services across England. Retired Paralympic legend Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson, now a crossbench…

One of the country’s best-known disabled actors is hoping that her own TV production company will create more roles for disabled performers, and nurture talent from the north-east of England.…

Three thugs who carried out vicious attacks on young disabled men have avoided being sentenced for hate crime for the second time, raising fresh questions about the criminal justice system’s…