The Manx government is failing to provide adequate respite care and needs dramatically improving, an organisation on the Isle of Man claims. Aggrieved Carers Helping Each (ACHE), is calling for the government to provide one overnight stay a week and a week's holiday respite per carer.
A disabled man with severe arthritis has been robbed in a public toilet at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset.
Technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL) has been developed by researchers at IBM. The system, called SiSi (Say It Sign It) was created by a group of students in the UK.
Thieves have targeted a riding for the disabled centre in Bedfordshire taking saddles, bridles and specialist equipment worth thousands of pounds. Two doors to the tack room were smashed open in the raid at the Elisabeth Curtis Centre in Bromham.
A disabled woman who unlawfully claimed benefits of £37,981 over a five year period has been jailed for 10 weeks.
The government has announced measures to prevent people abusing disabled parking badges. The Department for Transport is also to make Blue Badges available to very young severely disabled children and people with upper limb disabilities.