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The organisers of London 2012 have been heavily criticised after admitting that only 37 of the 1,100 volunteers who performed in the Paralympic Games closing ceremony were disabled people. This…

Many of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and disabled activists have agreed to set up a new campaigning network in a bid to unite the disability movement. They…

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced a new four-year sponsorship deal with Sainsbury’s, just days after the end of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The sponsorship deal will see…

Rugby league is to become the first professional sport in the UK to carry out full access audits of every one of its stadiums. The Rugby Football League (RFL) Facilities…

Both the government and opposition have backed a bill that would scrap laws that discriminate against people with mental health conditions in business and public life. The mental health (discrimination)…

Disabled people increasingly believe that coverage of welfare reform and other disability issues in national newspapers is helping to fuel hate crime, according to a new report. Disability Rights UK…

The editor of a local newspaper has angered disability hate crime campaigners by telling users of Motability vehicles that they should “hang their heads in shame” in comparison with medal-winning…

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have responded warily to a string of new appointments to key posts in the coalition’s first ministerial reshuffle. Maria Miller, the much-criticised minister for disabled people,…

Jenny Sealey was speaking hours before the opening ceremony was due to begin, after being asked about the controversial involvement of the company Atos in the London 2012 Paralympics. She…

Cyclist Mark Colbourne has spoken of the “quite breathtaking” experience of winning Britain’s first medal at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in a packed Velodrome. Colbourne, a former Welsh volleyball…