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Winter Heating Payment in Scotland and who is eligible for £50 cash boost

The Winter Heating Payment has replaced the Cold Weather Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Scotland, and has the same eligibility requirements.

Edinburgh Live

Unregistered NDIS providers are in the firing line – but lots of participants have good reasons for using them

There has been a lot of debate recently about the quality, safety and cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) services. Some of it relates to the types of providers people purchase services from.

The Conversation

‘She was failed’: Missouri woman scheduled for execution next month asks for clemency

Attorneys for a transgender woman scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri are asking for clemency, in part because of her history of abuse and intellectual disability.

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Dis Life: The Silent Twins portrays 'horror film' childhood of two disabled sisters

A new film exploring the lives of selectively mute twins June and Jennifer Gibbons will be all too familiar to neurodiverse children and their parents, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

DWP PIP claimants could get rise of more than £690 from April 2023

An increase was announced by the Chancellor

Nottingham Post

Derry man wins international film award for highlighting his journey as a young man with a learning disability

Conor’s story was the only entry from Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

Dylan Alcott issues passionate defence of the NDIS at the disability royal commission

The Australian of the Year has also delivered an impassioned defence of the NDIS, declaring "it's not broken — it's bloody great".

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Sex, comedy and vulnerability: Latecomers on SBS is an important shift in disability representation

The SBS drama Latecomers is an insightful, witty and superbly produced exploration of the fragility of human life and the fear of rejection that accompanies the human need for intimacy.

The Conversation

Celine Dion was diagnosed with a rare disease. This woman has been living with it for a few years

Lauren McDermott has a rare neurological condition called Stiff Person Syndrome that causes her muscles to spasm painfully for prolonged periods. Since she was diagnosed in 2019, she's had to explain her illness to almost everyone — even many of the doctors who evaluated her. It's an exhausting process that…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Autistic Heartbreak High actress Chloé Hayden grew up thinking she 'wasn't supposed to exist'

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The one-off payments for UK households due before New Year - full list

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due this month and when to expect it - as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) deliver their latest update.

Glasgow Live

People on PIP or DLA set for monthly payment rise to over £690 from April

Adult and Child Disability Payment rates for Scots will also rise by 10.1% this year.

Daily Record

Cold Weather Payments triggered for parts of Northern Ireland as temperatures drop

Only those qualifying customers living in certain postcode areas will receive the £25 payment

Belfast Live

Mum whose son's disability means he needs room heated to 21C can't afford Christmas

Five years ago Charlie, who Anna described as being a “funny, incredible” man, was diagnosed with a “life limiting” degenerative brain condition called SPG11

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From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the ‘cripple suffragette’ – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement

Brad Lomax in the US, Rosa May Billinghurst in the UK, Javed Abid in India … these are the men and women I wish I had known about as a disabled child

Daily Record

New PIP petition calling for awards to be based on medical advice without assessment nears response threshold

The proposal has almost reached the 10,000 signature threshold to trigger an official response.

Daily Record

New £50 Winter Heating Payment will only go to people claiming certain benefits during qualifying week

The one-off payment replaces the £25 Cold Weather Payment from DWP.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Mass long-COVID disability threatens the economy

Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The COVID-19 pandemic’s biggest impact on the U.S. labor market will be as a mass disability event. It’s a shock that the economy is not well prepared to handle.

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Probe into disability service rating error

The social services minister has launched an investigation into a coding error which impacted performance ratings of disability employment service providers.

Leeds Live

All the Leeds postcodes eligible for Cold Weather Payments cash as temperatures plunge

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are handed out to eligible households when the temperature falls below zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days in an area

Tribune News Service

The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

Daily Mirror

Full list of postcodes getting Cold Weather Payments worth £25 after snow hit UK

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are handed out to eligible households when the temperature falls below zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days in an area

Wales Online

How to get £25 cold weather payments as temperatures drop

Freezing temperatures have been forecast in Wales this week

Tribune News Service

Ex-Boise police captain who espoused racism says city discriminated over age, disability

BOISE, Idaho — A retired Boise police captain who has espoused white supremacist views and prompted an in-depth investigation of potential racism at the Boise Police Department filed a complaint against the city with the Idaho Human Rights Commission in November.

Daily Record

Full list of one-off payments for parents and households due to be issued before New Year

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due this month and when to expect it.

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