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Researchers are seeking volunteers to take part in a project that will trace how the educational experiences of disabled people have changed over the last 100 years. The Alliance for…

A disabled peer has challenged a minister over whether she is taking account of the views of disabled people in developing new policies. Baroness [Jane] Campbell told Maria Miller, the…

The mental health anti-stigma campaign Time to Change has secured £20 million in funding over the next four years. The campaign, run by the charities Mind and Rethink, has been…

Disabled people have expressed outrage after learning that benefits claim forms containing confidential and highly personal information are being opened by Royal Mail staff in a south London sorting office.…

Three of the country’s leading disability organisations have agreed to merge within months. Members of the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL), RADAR and Disability Alliance (DA) backed the merger…

The government is seeking international agreement on rules that would force car manufacturers to reduce the threat of their near-silent electric vehicles to the safety of blind pedestrians, a Liberal…

Campaigners have welcomed new rules that should make it easier for some mobility scooter-users to travel on buses. The code of practice, drawn up by the industry body the Confederation…

The world’s biggest disability and deaf arts festival is to link up next year with the cultural celebrations around the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. DaDaFest, the International Festival of Disability…

New research by disabled activists has produced fresh evidence of poor performance by the company paid to test disabled people’s “fitness for work”. The results come from an online survey…

Campaigners will try to convince local authorities testing out new government policies on special educational needs (SEN) to take an inclusive approach, despite the coalition’s “hostile” stance on including disabled…