Nathan Bevan Reporting fromBBC News, South West Amber Edwards BBC News, South West BBC Chelsea Moon, who has a bone condition that stunts growth, waited a year for lessons with instructor Emma Hallett (left) Disabled people are facing long waits for driving lessons due to a lack of instructors with suitable cars. According to the...
Josh Sandiford BBC News, West Midlands West Midlands Police Daniel Clarke was jailed in May for abusing six vulnerable young people Parents are demanding answers over how a paedophile was able to abuse potentially dozens of disabled and special educational needs children while working as a teaching assistant. Daniel Clarke may have targeted “well over...
Police have launched a hate crime probe after Aberdeen fans were filmed apparently chanting abuse at a disabled St Mirren fan during a football match. The force said it had been alerted to a video of the incident, which the BBC has seen, posted on social media following Saturday’s match at St Mirren Park. Aberdeen...
If the Trump administration and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have their way, the basic educational and human rights of students with disabilities will soon be eviscerated. Due to the planned demolition of the Department of Education, the rights of students with disabilities to “a free, appropriate public education” — guaranteed by the...
Disabled people should be more fairly recognised in the honours system as part of the government’s push to make awards reach a wider range of people, says Carly Jones, an advocate for the rights of autistic women and girls. But she tells BBC News she has seen firsthand how people’s attitudes need to change, including...
Disabled people are unfortunately pretty used to attacks by the British corporate media – trying to make us out to be fakers or using our fear for clicks. This has of course massively ramped up in the last few months in the run up to evil Liz Kendall and Rachel Reeves announcing plans to kill...
On Wednesday 26 March, hundreds of chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent people, those living with mental health issues, and their allies will gather outside 10 Downing Street from 11am. It will be in protest at the Labour Party government’s proposed £5bn cuts to people’s social security. It comes after decades of Department for Work and...