Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have been forced to rethink their ticketing policies after disabled activists warned they would breach disability discrimination laws. The 2012 organising committee, LOCOG, had decided that all wheelchair-users who were successful in the main Olympic ticket ballot would automatically be allocated an extra free ticket for a personal assistant [...]

The Supreme Court will this week hear an appeal case with “massively important” implications for disabled people who fear councils could try to cut their packages of support. The court will hear the appeal of Elaine McDonald, whose care was cut by Kensington and Chelsea council even though it had assessed her as needing that [...]

Disabled people who took part in the huge TUC protest march and rally in London have sent a series of powerful messages to the government about the impact of the cuts on their lives. They told Disability News Service during Saturday’s event why they had joined the hundreds of thousands of other protesters who took [...]

Disabled people came from all over the UK to play their part in a mass protest organised by the TUC against the government’s spending cuts. Many were there to protest against cuts to disability benefits and other aspects of the government’s welfare reforms, while others were angry about the impact on inclusive education, and cuts [...]

A disabled people’s organisation is to recreate an historic journey in which a three-wheeled “invalid carriage” was driven across the Alps, in a bid to highlight cuts to disability benefits and problems caused by rising fuel prices. Campaigners will repeat the epic, 1,500 mile journey of O A “Denny” Denly in 1947, in which he [...]