Deaf people are missing out on disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) because their claims are being unfairly rejected, according to a new report. RNID’s Who Benefits? report says the situation has not improved since 2001, when their research revealed similar issues with DLA claims. More than half of the 1,315 deaf people [...]

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has “reaffirmed” its commitment to disability rights, in the wake of the resignations of its two disabled commissioners. A work plan for 2009/2010, published by the commission’s disability committee, shows how it is contributing to the EHRC’s new strategic plan. Priorities laid out in the work plan include [...]

The Conservative shadow minister for disabled people has laid out some of the key differences between his party and the government on the heated and controversial issue of incapacity benefit (IB) reform. Mark Harper MP has expanded on the radical welfare reform programme outlined during the party’s annual conference in Manchester earlier this month. His [...]

Companies and public sector bodies are improving their performance on disability, although progress in some key areas is still limited, according to an assessment by the leading employers’ organisation on disability. Every two years, scores of private and public sector organisations take part in the Disability Standard “benchmarking” process organised by the Employers’ Forum on [...]

Some councils are failing to meet their legal duties to carry out proper assessments of disabled people who come to them needing aids and adaptations, according to a report launched this week. In his annual report, Sir Richard Tilt, the social fund commissioner, says there have been “a number of cases” in which social services [...]