Disability and Employment
Disability can be a difficult topic to speak about especially when it comes to employment. Employers are often thinking what are the best practices when employing someone with a disability so in this blog we...
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Move from DLA to PIP leaving many struggling
The move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is leaving many people struggling Leading UK poverty charity Turn2us is highlighting how the move from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence...
Third of disabled people living in cold homes
Scope research finds that many disabled people are struggling with energy costs. A third of disabled people have cut their energy consumption over the last year to afford their bills, disability charity Scope has said....
What to do if you become disabled – gov.uk
If you are unfortunate enough to become disabled this is information given by gov.uk Overview You have rights if you become disabled to protect you from discrimination. You might also be entitled to certain benefits....
Plight of the Lonely Disabled – Care Cuts
Nearly a quarter of Britain’s disabled people suffer loneliness through government social care cuts and benefits changes, a charity’s research reveals. Worst affected are those aged 18 to 34. Over a third of them feel...
Disabled customers – businesses need to fill gap in market
James Moore, a wheelchair user and journalist, writing in The Independent, gives his views on how badly disabled people are served. Businesses are losing £1.8bn a month by failing to consider the needs of their...
Dog Pushes Wheelchair for Disabled Owner Every Day – Heartwarming
Watch the heartwarming video of the loyal dog and his master In Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, a disabled old man, aged 86, is helped by his loyal dog every single day. Fu has no legs...
Wheelchair User Booted Out Of Bar – “FIRE RISK”
Access problems never go away as a wheelchair-bound student was carried out of a bar and down a flight of steps by bouncers – for being a fire hazard. Troy Hitchins, 21, was drinking upstairs...
Family Raise £38k After Runner Mum Loses Legs To Illness
A MOTHER who was training for a half marathon now faces a lifetime of disability after falling so ill on Christmas Eve surgeons had to amputate her legs and fingers. Tracy Ralph, 34, was taken...