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January 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions as DWP to launch disability consultation

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The Independent UK

How chronic illness affects families – and how to cope when you know your loved one is going to die

Living with chronic illness in the family is hard. It’s even harder if you know that the person you love will get worse and won’t recover from their condition. Sadly, it can happen to any family at any time. Anyone – a grandparent, parent, sibling or partner – can develop…

The Conversation

Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’

The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi

The Guardian - US

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French seniors enjoy longer lives, leading the way in quality of life expectancy

French seniors are enjoying longer periods of disability-free life expectancy without health limitations, marking France as a leading nation in quality of life expectancy.

Radio France Internationale

Labour gives update on 2025 sickness and disability benefits overhaul

Work on the changes to PIP and other benefits will begin in 2025

The Independent UK

Sammi Kinghorn: ‘I told my dad I was OK with never winning gold’

The wheelchair racer tells Paul MacInnes about her happy Paralympics memories and how disability sport can capitalise off the post-Games buzz

The Guardian - UK

Inclusive Sydney to Hobart yacht crew 'make waves'

A custom-built yacht part-crewed by people living with a disability has finished the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and hopes to spread a positive message.

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Black cancer patients in England less likely to feel supported in hospital, says charity

Macmillan Cancer Support criticises unacceptable variations in people’s cancer care

The Guardian - UK

“[Am I Overreacting], About To Go Nuclear Over A Text My Kid’s Coach Sent Her?”

Father is furious that a 60-year-old coach had the audacity to send an inappropriate text to his 13-year-old daughter, plans to get him fired! The post “[Am I Overreacting], About To Go Nuclear Over A Text My Kid’s Coach Sent Her?” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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GB again set standards at Paris Paralympics – now to fill in the gaps

Athletes such as William Ellard and Bly Twomey made their names in the summer but much needs to be done to boost disabled sport between Games

The Guardian - UK

Thinking of lying about disability to get early boarding? Read this

A United passenger on a flight from Pittsburgh to Chicago got more than he bargained for.

The Street

Disability staff lose big on Christmas workday: union

Providers are underpaying disability workers by misclassifying them as home care staff while pocketing the difference, their union tells the industrial umpire.

AAP

Brazilian Santa swaps sleigh for Jet Ski to deliver toys — and joy — to disabled children in Rio

Dozens of children with disability gathered on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Tuesday to receive presents — and joy — from the white-bearded man, a joint effort by the city’s firefighters and nonprofit associations

The Independent UK

Woman with intellectual disability who Optus allegedly signed up to 24 contracts just one of hundreds in lawsuit

ACCC alleges telco sold hundreds of vulnerable people phones and plans they couldn’t afford, mostly from three stores

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Strictly winner Chris McCausland hailed for 'breaking barriers' on TV

Disability charity Scope applauded the comedian’s historic win on the BBC show

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘extreme version’ of rental crisis, disabled boy’s convictions quashed, mining exports set to plunge

The town with 100 houses for sale but just two for rent; 14-year-old boy with a severe intellectual disability wrongly convicted

The Guardian - UK

‘We want to take the sting out of shame’: Kyla Harris and Lee Getty on narratives, nudity and normalising disabled bodies

The creators of We Might Regret This, an unflinching and taboo-busting sitcom about a tetraplegic woman and her friend/carer, challenges the perceptions of disability. But this is just the start of their story

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U2's Larry Mullen Jr diagnosed with learning disability

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr has revealed he's been diagnosed with learning disability dyscalculia which makes maths very difficult and has affected his ability to stay in time when performing.

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The Independent UK

New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services

Mencap warns it will be hit by the Labour chancellor’s rise in National Insurance paid by employers

The Street

A restaurant chain was accused of allegedly discriminating against special needs students.

Advnture

“This is about proving that disability does not mean inability” – meet the para-athlete skiing to the South Pole without the use of his left foot

Jonny Huntington is aiming to become the first disabled athlete to traverse all 566 miles from the tip of Antarctica to the South Pole

Evening Standard

Disability rights campaigner thanks Colin Farrell for giving her voice in US

Cara Darmody’s father said she felt like Cinderella for the night at an event in Chicago.

The Guardian - UK

Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal

That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - AU

You don’t have to make my son’s life easier because he has a disability – just don’t make it harder

Why should Ezra, 14, lower his standards and become smaller to accommodate the world around him?

Salon

"Wicked" and the question of Nessarose

Marissa Bode's casting is groundbreaking and deserving of celebration. The role itself, however, comes with caveats

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