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Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

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'I have a rare illness and faint almost every time I leave the house - it's debilitating'

One woman has taken TikTok by storm with videos of herself fainting due to her rare and invisible disability which haters accuse her of faking for views - she wants to raise awareness

Daily Mirror

People of State Pension age with health issues could be due up to £369 each month

Older people claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £61.85 or £92.40 every week from DWP.

Daily Record

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People on Universal Credit may be able to boost DWP payments by up to £627 each month

If you need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition you may qualify for extra financial support from DWP.

Daily Record

Some people on ESA will not qualify for new £900 cost of living payment

The means-tested cost of living payment will be made in three instalments over the next financial year.

Daily Record

DWP to hand out £1,350 in cost-of-living payments – check what you are due and when this year

Many people in Nottinghamshire are in line for the payments – with some given in instalments

Nottingham Post

New disability payment video calls can last more than three hours

The first payment including any arrears is issued following a successful decision within five working days.

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All the cost of living payments in February and when rest of DWP cash is coming

DWP cost of living payment dates will be throughout 2023 and 2024

Wales Online

Bipartisan support for NDIS despite increasing costs

The prime minister says the National Disability Insurance Scheme is supported across the parliament although costs are growing at an "extraordinary" rate.

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Australia’s airlines and airports urged to improve treatment of travellers with disabilities

Disability royal commissioner writes to company bosses after hearing of people dropped on the floor and discrimination against assistance dogs

The Guardian - AU

Check how much of the £1,350 cost of living payments you are due this year

Eligible benefit claimants could receive a combination of the £150, £300 and £900 payments being issued in 2023/24.

Daily Record

DWP could stop Carer's Allowance and take you to court if you fail to report these changes

The data shows that a total of 936,766 people were recieving the payment, with the amount set to rise to £76.75 per week in April.

Nottingham Post

DWP could stop Carer's Allowance and take you to court if any of these changes are not reported

There are nine main changes in circumstances which all unpaid carers should be aware of.

Daily Record

Nail salon refuses to serve disabled teenager saying it 'doesn't do people like her'

Shiloh Maberly-Stenner, 14, who suffers with an ultra-rare medical condition, was taken to a nail salon in Robina, on Australia's Gold Coast, by her grandma and support worker, but was turned away by staff

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People urged to share views on eligibility for mobility element of disability benefit in new consultation

The Scottish Government estimates Adult Disability Payment will provide support to over 510,000 people by 2025.

Wales Online

Nursery treated Amelie 'less favourably’ because she has special needs

A disability discrimination case was taken by the parents of Amelie Cummins against Trinity Nursey School in Bangor

Daily Mirror

Nursery apologises after child with Down's syndrome ‘treated less favourably’

A nursery has apologised after parents claimed their daughter with Down's syndrome was 'treated less favourably' and forced to start later than other children

The Independent UK

Nursery apologises after child with special needs ‘treated less favourably’

The parents of Amelie Cummins took a disability discrimination case on behalf of their daughter against Trinity Nursery School in Bangor.

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Belfast Live

Bangor nursery settles discrimination case over disabled child

"We hope that by challenging this behaviour no other disabled child would face a similar situation."

Evening Standard

‘This has got to stop!’ Loose Women’s Sophie Morgan blasts airport staff for ‘destroying’ her wheelchair

The disability advocate was forced to sit in an aisle chair that was ‘not safe’

The Guardian - UK

Man secures cheaper gym fees that could benefit disabled Britons

Andrew Gray made a discrimination claim against Nuffield Health, which has now agreed to offer reduced rates

Daily Record

New update on devolved disability payment processing times for people waiting on decision

Payments for Adult or Child Disability Payment are calculated from the date that the person first applied.

Liverpool Echo

Everything we know so far about £1,350 cost of living payments including eligibility

More cost of living payments are coming throughout 2023 and 2024

Daily Record

SNP criticise DWP for extending 'failing' Maximus disability assessment contract

Maximus UK Services Ltd was given a seven-month extension to its Health and Disability Assessment Service contract earlier this month.

Daily Mirror

'I’m a disabled person, not a person with a disability - it's a constant battle'

Disabled people battle constantly to be called what they are, with AP Styleguide's recent tweet a "vomit-inducing" example of the problem, says Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey

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