The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that gender dysphoria is not protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. In 2024, the Biden administration issued a final rule that interpreted Section 504 to include gender dysphoria. However, in a brief statement, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clarified his view...
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent Contributor handout It took six months for Lucy Earle to be assigned an Access to Work caseworker Businesses employing disabled people say they are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government, and fear they may have to let staff go. Under the Access to Work scheme, companies...
A number of Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations have told the BBC they are considering stepping back from working with the government over proposed benefit cuts. The organisations, known as DPPO’s which are run for and by disabled people, say there has been a lack of genuine engagement from the Labour government. It comes as...
