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Inclusive education campaigners have warned that the new coalition government looks set to reverse decades of progress towards the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. The Conservatives caused anger…

The captain of England’s blind football team has criticised a TV advert that features a blind footballer accidentally kicking a cat. More than 400 people complained to the advertising watchdog…

The government appears to have slashed one of the budgets for improving access at railway stations by more than half. The Department for Transport (DfT) had been intending to spend…

Disabled and older people have been waiting up to eight years for their councils to carry out the adaptations they need to live independently at home, according to new figures.…

The organisers of London 2012 have signed up the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s as a headline sponsor of the Paralympics. LOCOG, the 2012 organising committee, said the deal to become a…

The hopes of the leading British contenders in both the men’s and women’s wheelchair races in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon were dashed by punctures. David Weir was several minutes…

A local authority is facing formal complaints over the way it suddenly reintroduced financial assessments of disabled people who receive care services. Greenwich council in London and the Pension Service…

A disabled woman was today set to ask a court to prevent a council cutting the support she needs to maintain her dignity, in a case with vital human rights…

Nationwide has been criticised following reports that the building society will stop some customers from making withdrawals of less than £100 over the counter. Customers with its Cash Card accounts…

The Royal National Institute of Deaf People (RNID) has launched a new iPhone application. The application is the latest version of RNID's popular Hearing Check, which, according to the charity,…