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The Changing Places Consortium has welcomed the actions of Championship football club Leeds United opening a Changes Places toilet which is the 2,000th on the official map. The organisation reported…

Limping Chicken, which promotes itself as “the world’s most popular deaf blog” has highlighted the impact of concentration fatigue caused by deaf people having to focus for long periods of…

An award-winning ten-pin bowling team is helping to "stop isolation" for people who are blind and partially sighted, according to BBC Online. The Swindon Bats compete in the British Blind…

Dublin City Council has announced a new initiative to establish the city as the first autism-friendly capital in the world. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daithí de Róiste, marked the…

Reasonable adjustments in the workplace take too long to introduce according to research by the Business Disability Forum. HR magazine reported that managers are not entirely confident that they have…

Plans to close most railway ticket offices in England to save money "go too far, too fast", MPs have warned. The BBC reported that, in a letter to the rail…

An organisation which describes itself as a champion for London and left-behind Londoners is calling for action to clear the capital’s streets of clutter. Centre for London says the issue…

The BBC has highlighted the problems around weight management facing wheelchair users. Researchers for BBC Online spoke to wheelchair users who told how they have gone for years without being…

The Princess of Wales fulfilled a long-held promise to take a turn at wheelchair rugby when she visited a university sports centre. The Yorkshire Post reported that the Princess joined…

A blind walker who wanted to "inspire others" by hiking along the Cleveland Way has completed his trek. BBC Online reported that Andrew Elliker-Reeve, who lives at Beeford in East…