A university which built a library it knew was inaccessible in order to cut costs has agreed to pay £20,000 in compensation for discriminating against a talented disabled photography student.
The United Nations is carrying out an unprecedented inquiry into "systematic and grave violations" of disabled people's human rights by the UK government, Disability News Service (DNS) can finally confirm.
Fibromyalgia awareness has come a long way. But that doesn't stop people from making insensitive comments. There's still a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about this painful illness. Patient Expert Karen Lee Richards gives 10 examples of things NOT to say to a fibromyalgia patient.
A new report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows a downward trajectory in severe mental health issues for children between the ages of 6 and 17. On the surface, this is good news. Yet on the flip side, the study also reveals a troubling pattern of young people without access to mental health treatments from which they can truly benefit.
This year's National Dyspraxia Awareness Week will focus on the "diagnosis divide" between girls and boys.
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