24/7 Changing Places toilet opens to enable access and inclusivity for disabled people
In a bid to become the most accessible science centre experience in the UK, Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium has opened a new registered Changing…
Guest Article: How the UK can overcome the barriers blocking participation in disability sport
Credit: Carine06 Paralympic world-record holder Hannah Cockroft blames rising expectations and a lack of early opportunities for the “alarming” decline in disability sport participation. Speaking…
Free lecture announced on developing assistive products for disabled people and how to make assistive tech work better for users
Credit: Designability Bath-based charity Designability is holding its 51st free annual lecture, which will look at developing assistive products for one person versus mass production…
Disabled people falling out of employment at “alarming” rates, says national disability charity
Leonard Cheshire is calling for the UK Government to introduce new measures that will ensure previous commitments to tackle the employment gap between disabled and…
GDI Hub welcomes first intake of students on first-of-its-kind Disability Design and Innovation Masters
The Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub has welcomed its first group of students, who have joined the Hub’s ground-breaking new Masters course in Disability, Design…
Shocking new disability hate crime statistics revealed
More than 5,000 disability hate crimes were reported to police in 2018/19, yet few cases result in prosecution, figures obtained by disability charity Leonard Cheshire…
Government announces regional chairs to help break down the barriers disabled people face in their daily lives
Announced by the Office for Disability Issues and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), nine new chairs have been appointed to Regional Stakeholder Networks;…
86 percent of local authorities in England have less than one wheelchair accessible taxi per 1,000 people, new research shows
In the UK, 1,300 people a month search for ‘wheelchair accessible taxi’ on Google, according to data found using online visibility and marketing tool SEM…
Gyms do not cater for disabled people, shows survey
Millions of disabled people are not being catered for in UK gyms, according to a new survey. Personal trainers (PTs) not being equipped to work…
Disabled people still “greatly under-represented” in the TV industry, new report shows
There has been slower progress on diversity in the UK’s television industry since last year, with disabled people still "greatly under-represented", according to Ofcom's latest…