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Hate crime campaigners have welcomed the recognition in court that the brutal murder of a disabled man in his own flat was a disability hate crime. Martin Mather, 23, was…

Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) new 10-year disability strategy as a “great step” for disabled people. The European Disability Strategy was published this…

Disabled people will face harsh penalties if they fail to comply with government efforts to help them prepare for work, according to a new welfare reform white paper. Launching a…

A new campaign is hoping tens of thousands of disabled people will help to fix the problems caused by inaccessible websites. Fix the Web hopes its scheme will enable access…

Disabled activists are set to launch the first UK Disability History Month (DHM), with backing from more than 40 organisations. The aim is to encourage schools and colleges, as well…

A high-flying diplomat’s career is “in limbo” after she lost a disability discrimination case against the Foreign Office over the support she needed to do her job in a new…

Access to railway stations in Wales is “unacceptable”, with more than half of the 221 stations across Wales not fully accessible, according to a new report by a committee of…

The BBC has been criticised by the communications watchdog over a programme in which presenter Jeremy Clarkson made offensive, disablist comments about people with learning difficulties. Clarkson told viewers of…

The failure of Remploy bosses to stop a senior manager referring to a member of staff by a disablist nickname showed the company’s “total lack of respect” for its disabled…

The government has laid out plans for making websites, computers and other parts of the “digital economy” more accessible to disabled people. The new eAccessibility Action Plan, published by the…