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People of State Pension age with respiratory conditions could be due up to £101 each week from DWP

Attendance Allowance supports many health issues including emphysema, asthma and chronic bronchitis.

Daily Record

Teen brothers with disabilities found naked and locked in room, commission hears

Counsel assisting the commission to submit that the violence, abuse and neglect suffered by the brothers was preventable, inquiry told

The Guardian - AU

Disability royal commission hears of horrific conditions teens with autism were held in

A neighbour of two teenagers with autism found locked in a room and severely malnourished in 2020, has detailed the horrific conditions they were subjected to. WARNING: This story contains content readers may find distressing.

ABC News

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World Thalassemia Day: An invisible disability that is lacking acceptance

An opinion piece on the Thalassemia disorder.

The Hindu

Gippsland family builds accessible house to keep son living with disability out of aged care

Aresti lives with disability and was facing being put into a group home — until his family got creative with NDIS funding.

ABC News

Call for DWP to end 'limbo and stress' for disabled benefits claimants

MPs' report says PIP assessment system is still letting people down and claimants should be paid if they are kept waiting too long

Chronicle Live

The high cost of ‘disability-blind’ health policies

Aotearoa did well in keeping down the Covid-19 death toll but our health system faces the dual burden of a reform and recovery from the pandemic, and disabled people risk being further marginalised

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Niall Horan backs Brendan Lawlor after Irish golfer hits out at online abuse

The world No 2 disability golfer has a rare condition called Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, which is a bone growth disorder that leads to shorter limbs and stature

Irish Mirror

Dad of girl with rare disability gutted as accessible leisure centre at risk of closure

Hydrotherapy is a huge part of Ella Green's recovery following pioneering surgery

Daily Record

People due new DWP pay rates for State Pension, PIP and other benefits should see full uplift this month

Payment rates increased on April 10, but most benefits are paid every four weeks in arrears.

Daily Record

Older people making new claims for PIP could be given 10-year payment award

Nearly half a million people claiming their State Pension are also in receipt of PIP and not Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

NDIS participants say their funding — and taxpayer money — is being tied up in unnecessary bureaucracy

As talks about how to make the NDIS more sustainable ramp up again, people with disability say a good place to start would be with the costly and "exhausting" red tape.

ABC News

11 ways people can automatically qualify for the Blue Badge scheme

A Blue Badge holder travelling as either a driver or passenger can park for free in disabled parking bays.

Daily Record

Young people caring for someone with a health condition could be due annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for Scots aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

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Disability campaigners hit out at ‘unacceptable’ 500 closures in a year of Tube lifts that were working

Five-fold annual increase in time lifts taken out of service on London Underground as a safety precaution – despite being in working order

Daily Mirror

UK's most accessible beaches ranked including Bournemouth, Brighton and Weymouth

The accessibility of UK beaches was judged based on their Disability Rights UK Survey score, how much a wheelchair costs to hire, and the cost of disabled toilet access

Daily Record

Older people with any of these 57 health issues could be due up to £407 each month

More than 1.4million older people are receiving extra financial help through Attendance Allowance from the DWP.

Chronicle Live

North East NHS Trust to host recruitment day in Morpeth, to show people their job and training opportunities

The Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest providers of mental health and learning disability services

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The Conversation

The government says NDIS supports should be 'evidence-based' – but can they be?

The federal government and National Cabinet has committed to rebooting and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with disabilities. It plans to invest more in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), which administers the scheme, and drive change to support participants better.

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: How can you be Disabled if you can’t be diagnosed with a disability?

It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults

Golf Monthly

Top Golfers With Disabilities To Compete In Inaugural G4D Open

The Duchess Course at Woburn Golf Club in England will host the 54-hole stroke play event

Daily Record

People with any of these five health conditions may be due up to £691 each month

Over 540 conditions are supported through Adult Disability Payment and PIP.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on 'fundamental' reform of the disability scheme

The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it.

ABC News

Six-year-old exposed to dirty needles in Griffith accessible toilet, sparking debate on keys

The floor was littered with used needles, but disability access advocates say a special key may be the solution to stopping vandals and drug users from littering bathrooms.

ABC News

Alicia has lived with long COVID for a year and she's one of a growing number who say they are now disabled

In Australia, long COVID is not automatically classified as disability, but advocates want that to change.

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