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Newcastle hospitals issued with warning after inspection finds mental health care failings

The Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital have been ordered to improve how the mental health care needs of patients are being met

Chronicle Live

Partner income tests are preventing some Australians with disabilities from getting married

Julie relies on the Disability Support Pension. She says if she takes the next step in her relationship with Simon, she will lose the pension, and therefore her independence.

ABC News

Warwick student with cancer wins payout after university denied extension request

University accepts it did not make adjustments for her illness as a form of disability

The Guardian - UK

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NSW Labor to join Dylan Alcott in public sector disability jobs drive if elected

Exclusive: Chris Minns will commit to target of 5.6% of public sector jobs held by people with disability through deal with former Australian of the year

The Guardian - AU

DWP urged to stop paying people on State Pension annual £10 Christmas Bonus

The annual payment is made to people in receipt of 21 benefits every December.

Daily Record

New update on qualifying dates for £301 cost of living payment due this Spring

The £900 means-tested cost of living payment will be made in three instalments over the next year.

Daily Record

New £50 winter heating payments start landing in bank accounts this week

Around 400,000 Scottish households will automatically receive the annual lump sum which replaces Cold Weather Payments.

Daily Record

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Executives resign three years after woman's bath death

More than three years after a young woman died alone in the bathroom of a disability group home in western Sydney, three executives have resigned.

AAP

'Press Regulator must create guidelines for reporting disability - or the media will never become less ableist'

Rachel Charlton-Dailey, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, says media ableism happens every single day and can be seen in the use of outdated words such as 'wheelchair-bound'

Daily Mirror

Loose Women's Sophie Morgan launches campaign with SNP MP Marion Fellows

The disability activist, from East Sussex, has launched the ‘RightsOnFlights’ campaign today after being left on an empty plane for hours just to have her wheelchair returned broken.

Daily Record

You need to take two different pills to get rid of back pain, new research shows

Taking paracetamol alone is 'ineffective' according to the scientists

Wales Online

Parent speaks out about 10-week school exclusion over watching, cheering on fight

A parent says a recent spate of suspensions and exclusions at a South Australian school has gone too far and will affect her daughter's education due to her learning disability.

ABC News

The NDIS promises lifelong support – but what about end-of-life support for people with disability?

Official estimates predict that by 2032, more than one million Australians will be supported by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The Conversation

Lightfoot denies playing politics with police pension board

One week before the mayoral election, Lightfoot felt the need to personally deny explosive allegations by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.

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Nottingham Post

DWP State Pension claimants on PIP set to receive up to £1,506 each month from April

The details are explained

Daily Record

People of State Pension age with back pain could be due up to £369 each month

Nearly 1.5m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Liverpool Echo

PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance claimants could receive up to £8,983 tax-free from DWP

Inflation-linked benefits and tax credits will rise by 10.1% from April 2023

Chicago Sun-Times

Susana Mendoza: Mayor Lori Lightfoot betrayed Chicago cops disabled by COVID, including Mendoza’s brother

State comptroller says Lightfoot instructed her pension board appointees to deny “duty disability” salary and health benefits to police officers, including Mendoza’s brother, after they got career-ending coronavirus complications.

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The Independent UK

How DWP claimants can receive up to £8,983 tax free as benefits rise

Government announced benefits will rise in line with inflation in November last year

Chronicle Live

'Extraordinary' Consett man named on 'Leader's List' for NHS work after mum was told he 'wouldn't walk or talk'

Paul James has been recognised for work making the NHS more inclusive.

Daily Record

DWP can provide up to £627 each month for people with any of these 70 neurological conditions

Thousands of people across the country are receiving between £24.45 and £156.90 every week through PIP.

ABC News

Accessibility at Sydney Laneway Festival leaves music fans with disability feeling unwelcome

Festival-goers with disability have said they were left stressed and disappointed by their experience at the Sydney Laneway Festival.

Salon

How JFK hid his disability

Despite living with chronic pain in his bowels and back, JFK kept his disabilities secret from the public

The Conversation

Real-life autism disclosures are complex – and reactions can range from dismissal to celebration

Media personality Em Rusciano has expressed shock after another radio presenter accused her of “leaping on the bandwagon” by widely sharing her autism diagnosis and its impact on her daily life.

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Crooks obituary

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