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Disabled peers have failed to prevent the government moving the next stage of the debate on its hugely controversial welfare reform bill to a less accessible part of the House…

The Paralympic flame for next year’s games in London will be created in a ceremony in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, 2012 organisers have announced. It will…

Organisers of next year’s London 2012 Paralympics have released full details of the competition schedule for all 20 sports. The details were released as the organising committee prepared to pass…

Disabled cinema-goers are still facing discrimination at the hands of major cinema chains, according to the results of an investigation by young campaigners. Members of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s Trailblazers…

A gold medal-winning Paralympic cyclist was in a critical condition in hospital this evening after a collision with a van while training. Simon Richardson, who won two gold medals and…

Some of the world’s top disabled sports stars will be in London next month to showcase what the Paralympics has to offer, less than a year before the 2012 games…

More disabled and older people will be paid to play a vital role in inspections of social care and health services, thanks to three new partnerships. The Care Quality Commission…

Extensive cuts to bus services are making it harder for disabled people to access employment, education and voluntary work, according to a new report by a committee of MPs. The…

The BBC has apologised “unreservedly” after presenters on the popular motoring show Top Gear were filmed parking in two accessible parking bays. The episode aired this week (31 July) on…

This year’s Liberty disability arts festival will feature disabled stars of music, dance, comedy and street theatre, and circus and aerial displays. Highlights of the free festival include a performance…