Disability Living Allowance benefits checker launched
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1 Mar 2013
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Samsung struggles to block iPhone function for the blind
Samsung has suffered a setback in its effort to win an iPhone ban based on a function making its software accessible to blind people.
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1 Mar 2013
Deaf Stockton chef to present new TV show Punk Chef
Scott Garthwaite in his chef whites in the kitchen A STOCKTON chef is sharing his expertise in a new TV show helping people who are deaf improve their cooking skills.
1 Mar 2013
'Bedroom tax' reprieve for disabled?
'Bedroom tax' reprieve for disabled? 21 February 2013 Last updated at 18:45Help The government is reconsidering changes to housing benefit after protests from disability groups, the BBC has learned.
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1 Mar 2013
Five psychiatric disorders 'linked'
Autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia all share several genetic risk factors, according to a major study. Versions of four genes increased the odds of all five disorders. Researchers hope to move the psychiatry away from describing symptoms towards fundamentally understanding what is going wrong in the brain. The findings were reported in the Lancet medical journal.
1 Mar 2013
Mulholland secures the PM backing for whizz kidz "Generation Inspired" Report
Greg Mulholland MP (Leeds North West), has called on the Prime Minister to welcome Whizz Kidz 'Generation Inspired?' report, as a great opportunity to use the Paralympic games legacy to improve the lives of young disabled people. Greg then joined Whizz-Kidz beneficiary and double gold Paralympic medallist Hannah Cockroft MBE and two Whizz-Kidz Ambassadors - Kidz-Board representative Joel Connor-Saunders and aspiring wheelchair racer Charlotte Moore to present the report to number 10 Downing Street.
1 Mar 2013