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Liverpool’s world-renowned disability and deaf arts festival, DaDaFest, will help to mark its 30th birthday later this year with a ground-breaking conference on disability culture and human rights. The two-day…

A disabled artist is launching the UK's first network of holiday cottages, all of which will be wheelchair-accessible and identical in every detail. The first Flat Spaces bungalow should be…

A new forum is looking for six disabled people to play a vital role in ensuring that one of the capital's largest regeneration schemes is accessible to disabled people. The…

Disabled sports stars and campaigners have praised Glasgow's Commonwealth Games, pointing to impressive levels of access and the successful integration of mainstream and para-sports events. Disabled competitors from the five…

France's top football club has been ordered to close part of its stadium for its next home game in European competition, as punishment for the "discriminatory" behaviour of some of…

Performers and presenters have welcomed plans by the BBC to improve its representation of disabled people, both behind and in front of the camera. The broadcaster said its "ambitious" plans…

Premier League football clubs are ignoring equality laws by refusing to improve access to their grounds for disabled supporters, say campaigners. The user-led charity Level Playing Field - which promotes…

The number of disabled-led arts organisations with Arts Council funding is set to plunge by nearly a third. Arts Council England has announced that the number of disabled-led organisations that…

A shadow minister has warned that many of her fellow Labour MPs still need educating about the importance of independent living  for disabled people. Kate Green, the shadow minister for…

The government is to launch a competition for students aimed at finding a cheap but effective way to introduce audio and visual information into every bus in the country. The…