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The disability charity Scope is to “put its money where its mouth is” by closing a third of its remaining residential homes over the next three years. The plans to…

There is not one disabled person among the “team leaders” who are heading the high-level preparations of 21 Paralympic sports in the lead-up to Rio 2016, the British Paralympic Association…

Universities are still putting significant barriers before disabled students and failing to provide them with the support they need on campus, according to new research carried out by young campaigners.…

MPs have warned the government that it must do much more to improve access to transport for disabled people, which they say is “unacceptably poor”. The Commons transport committee this…

The minister for disabled people has written to every local authority in England to try to persuade them to do more to make their tourist hotspots more accessible. Esther McVey…

Deaf people who use speech-to-text translation say the failure of a national disability conference to cater for their needs only highlights how often such discrimination takes place. They spoke out…

A new disabled-led organisation is aiming to make an east London borough an “international centre of excellence” for disability arts and culture. Together! 2012 began as a free disability arts…

Disabled artists and academics have spoken of the “missed opportunity” to create a real legacy for disabled people from last year’s Paralympic Games. The panel of leading disabled figures had…

A £2.6 million funding boost from the organisers of London 2012 is set to improve the medal chances of Britain’s Paralympians at the next four Paralympic Games. The London 2012…

An activist is boycotting all health treatment from his GP and local hospital, despite forcing the Department of Health to promise to find a way to provide accessible information to…