Disability

UK adults admit they don't know how to act around disabled people

Ian Streets of About Access offers his expert insight. Picture: Neil Holmes

Employing people with disabilities has advantages for businesses: Ian Streets

Katie Price reveals ADHD diagnosis & says her ‘brain is wired differently

‘My brain is wired differently’ - Katie Price reveals health diagnosis

Barbie has launched a new doll with Down’s Syndrome in latest campaign with Ellie Goldstein

Barbie doll with Down’s syndrome launched by Mattel

Meganne Christian (L), John McFall (C), and Rosemary Coogan (R) pose during a ceremony to unveil the European Space Agency new class of career astronauts in Paris on November 23, 2022

John McFall set to become the world’s first para-astronaut

Global Accessibility Awareness Day focuses on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities or impairments. (Image shows visually impaired person working on computer with assistive technology)

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022: fill out our survey

The BSI and Motability are working to establish national standards for public EV chargers

New partnership to set disabled access standards for public EV chargers

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These are your legal rights if you are made redundant

Kateryna Pemberton who has taken delivery of a £23,000 powered wheelchair which has changed her life PICTURE: Penny Haskell

‘Disability is a huge part of my life, but it isn’t all of it,’ says disabled mo...

Hannah Cockroft wins gold in Dubai

Home is still where heart is for globe-trotting World and Paralympic champion Ha...

There are 13 million disabled people in the UK.

'More clothes are made for dogs than for disabled people' - activist calls for b...

Charlotte Armitage Picture Tony Johnson.

Charlotte Armitage: Why we must praise work of BBC and Emmerdale in placing disa...

Photographer challenges disabled perception with her pictures

A study found more than 12 per cent of employers were concerned that disabled people were more likely to take time off. Credit: Shutterstock

One in ten businesses feel '˜ill-equipped' to support disabled workers

Louis Speight in at City Square, Leeds. Picture by Simon Hulme

Wheels of a revolution

Nichola McDonald-Bell, a befriender for the Royal Voluntary Service's Good Neighbours befriending scheme in Sheffield.

Disability is no barrier for committed helper

David Cameron launches the 'disability confident' campaign

Cameron pledges to dispel ‘disability myths’

Giant inflatable sculpture aims to blow away prejudice

Private sector had to face pension rise