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London's annual disability arts festival Liberty will return to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next month as part of National Paralympic Day. It will be the second time that Liberty's…

Disabled people's organisations (DPOs) across London are building a new partnership that will allow them to bid jointly for funds to deliver their own employment support. The consortium will be…

Business secretary Vince Cable is to consider what action the government can take to boost the number of disabled entrepreneurs. Cable was speaking during a visit to a university laboratory…

Britain's Paralympic squad will prepare for the 2016 Rio Paralympics from a base in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The British Paralympic Association (BPA) made the announcement in the…

A disabled entrepreneur recognised in the Queen's  birthday honours is hoping that the honour could help to persuade disabled children that there is an "exciting and thrilling" future ahead of…

Two former government advisors have spoken of how they hope their new MBEs will boost their work campaigning for disabled people's rights. Both Clenton Farquharson and Miro Griffiths are former…

A disabled couple who have spent four decades campaigning to persuade the public to be more accepting of difference have both been recognised with OBEs in the Queen's birthday honours.…

The government's "Two Ticks" scheme to recognise companies that encourage disabled people to apply for job vacancies is nothing more than an "empty shell" used as a public relations tool,…

Disabled and older people are taking part in a trial to find out whether using robotic vacuum cleaners, wireless light switches and online shopping apps could make everyday independent living…

A new project aims to highlight some of England's most significant disability history, charting disabled people's lives from the middle ages to the late 20th century. The Accentuate History of…