Paralympian turned astronaut John McFall could soon be the first disabled person to go to space – and he credits the Paralympics with helping to challenge preconceptions of what disabled people ...

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The nationwide re-evaluation of eligibility for enrollees in Medicaid — the government-backed health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities — went terribly wrong in ...

Social care in the UK is extremely outdated. It’s still based on a ‘medical model’ that frames the body or mind of a Disabled person as something that needs to be ‘fixed’. This model ...

And yet, the NDIS is failing people with the most severe disability: people who need housing and intensive living support. Overwhelmingly, people in this part of the scheme live in group homes ...

A disability rights activist has told LBC that “disabled people are missing out on big gigs due to the incompetence of venues”. As people scramble to get their hands on Oasis tickets today, Holly ...

Tens of thousands of disabled people in the United States are paid less than the federal minimum wage — with some workers making as little as 25 cents per hour. These workers, most of whom have ...

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