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Universal Credit claimants can expect extra cash within days

The money is on top of the £650 cost of living support, which has been divided into two payments

Liverpool Echo

Disabled care home residents evicted in charity’s dispute with councils

Exclusive: Leonard Cheshire says it can no longer afford to subsidise care services inadequately funded by councils

The Guardian - UK

Disability Awareness Week: Host of events taking place in Derry

It includes visual art and animation, discussions and lunchtime talks, performances, interactive activities, training and showcases

Belfast Live

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The NDIS has transformed my life – and the last thing we need is media hysteria about its cost

The national conversation on the NDIS has been dominated by able-bodied commentators declaring the scheme’s cost ‘a blowout’

The Guardian - AU

'I can’t get a date because I’m a single mum on benefits – men stereotype me’

Lynn McDermott is looking for love but claims she gets rejected by potential suitors when they discover she doesn't work and is on benefits, and she said that she's even been branded a "parasite" in the past

Daily Mirror

Heidi Crowter: Woman with Down’s Syndrome loses legal challenge to abortion law

A woman with Down’s Syndrome has lost her legal challenge over legislation with allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth.

Evening Standard

Single mum who was in a coma for six months says she can't get a date because she's on benefits

Lynn McDermott says she has been called a 'parasite' by one man she has met on a dating app

Wales Online

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Minister flags more changes in disability employment overhaul aimed at boosting 'stubbornly low' employment rate

An overhaul of the federal government's controversial Disability Employment Service could see people with disabilities given more power to rank their job providers.

ABC News

Dis Life World Cup Special: 'All balls? Just how well does Qatar treat disabled people?'

Anna Morell of Disability Rights UK questions how accurate Qatar's figures about its disabled population can really be as the country is notorious for "hiding abuse"

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Energy firms are feeling the heat from Ofgem - because disabled people can't'

A new report shows energy suppliers are not offering enough support to disabled customers with prepayment meters causing particular problems. writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

DWP: Full list of new payment rates for millions on PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits

From Universal credit, Carers Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and more, millions could see their benefits upped next year

Bristol Post

Disability travel expert's top five tips for avoiding a holiday nightmare

Heading on holiday with a disability can be particularly difficult, according to Harry Hastings, Co-CEO and co-founder of Ocean Holidays, which specialises in Florida trips

Daily Mirror

Mount Gambier City Council pauses supported work contracts during internal review

The council says it is "pausing" the appointment of trainees and supported work placements while programs and strategies are revised.

ABC News

Call for national guidelines to support birthing journey for women with disability

Until we adequately identify women with disability, we aren't understanding them and supporting their needs when they're giving birth, an expert says.

ABC News

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The Independent UK

Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut

The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts

ABC News

Victorian man with disability felt silenced and 'like a number' under guardianship laws, royal commission hears

A Victorian man tells the disability royal commission his life stopped when the State Trustees took control of his affairs. He says he was silenced by the process and made to feel like a number.

Daily Mirror

European Space Agency announces Brit Paralympian to become first ever disabled astronaut

Today in Paris, the European Space Agency unveiled unveiled their class of 2022, a 17 strong cohort of astronauts including three Brits and the first ever disabled astronaut

The Independent UK

How do I claim Carer’s Allowance and can I get cost of living support?

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor stings RBA governor on wages remark; Friendlyjordies’ home ‘firebombed’; and the world’s oldest meal

RBA governor Philip Lowe says it is ‘best [to] avoid’ pushing wages up even as workers suffer real wage cut due to inflation

The Guardian - AU

Labor drops plan to reduce access to disability pension for drug and alcohol-related conditions

Albanese government backs away from controversial change as part of once-in-a-decade review of disability pension eligibility criteria

ABC News

First Nations woman suffered shocking neglect for years, disability royal commission told

The disability royal commission hears of a woman who was given monthly injections of anti-psychotics and suffered shocking neglect over seven years in a facility, but received just one visit from the government agency that put her there.

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl child born with half a body determined to live 'independently'

Tim Mason, born severely disabled to a mother affected by the world's worst nuclear disaster, shares his incredible story of determination and strength, eager to show the world that nothing holds him back.

Wales Online

Many people could receive a Cold Weather Payment this winter

The Government has published details of the scheme

Nottingham Post

Full list of new DWP payment rates for millions on PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits

Benefits would be uprated from April 2023

Tribune News Service

NYPD lieutenant who nearly died of COVID wins fight for disability pension

NEW YORK — A New York Police Department lieutenant who nearly lost his life battling a COVID-19 infection he caught on the job has won his fight to retire with a disability pension.

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