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HISTORICAL FACTS: 132 - Caught on Camera

Autistic Heartbreak High actress Chloé Hayden grew up thinking she 'wasn't supposed to exist'

ABC News

The one-off payments for UK households due before New Year - full list

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due this month and when to expect it - as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) deliver their latest update.

Glasgow Live

People on PIP or DLA set for monthly payment rise to over £690 from April

Adult and Child Disability Payment rates for Scots will also rise by 10.1% this year.

Daily Record

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Cold Weather Payments triggered for parts of Northern Ireland as temperatures drop

Only those qualifying customers living in certain postcode areas will receive the £25 payment

Belfast Live

Mum whose son's disability means he needs room heated to 21C can't afford Christmas

Five years ago Charlie, who Anna described as being a “funny, incredible” man, was diagnosed with a “life limiting” degenerative brain condition called SPG11

Daily Mirror

From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the ‘cripple suffragette’ – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement

Brad Lomax in the US, Rosa May Billinghurst in the UK, Javed Abid in India … these are the men and women I wish I had known about as a disabled child

The Guardian - UK

New PIP petition calling for awards to be based on medical advice without assessment nears response threshold

The proposal has almost reached the 10,000 signature threshold to trigger an official response.

Daily Record

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New £50 Winter Heating Payment will only go to people claiming certain benefits during qualifying week

The one-off payment replaces the £25 Cold Weather Payment from DWP.

Daily Record

Commentary: Mass long-COVID disability threatens the economy

Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The COVID-19 pandemic’s biggest impact on the U.S. labor market will be as a mass disability event. It’s a shock that the economy is not well prepared to handle.

Tribune News Service

Probe into disability service rating error

The social services minister has launched an investigation into a coding error which impacted performance ratings of disability employment service providers.

AAP

All the Leeds postcodes eligible for Cold Weather Payments cash as temperatures plunge

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are handed out to eligible households when the temperature falls below zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days in an area

Leeds Live

The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

Tribune News Service

Full list of postcodes getting Cold Weather Payments worth £25 after snow hit UK

Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and are handed out to eligible households when the temperature falls below zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days in an area

Daily Mirror

How to get £25 cold weather payments as temperatures drop

Freezing temperatures have been forecast in Wales this week

Wales Online

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Tribune News Service

Ex-Boise police captain who espoused racism says city discriminated over age, disability

BOISE, Idaho — A retired Boise police captain who has espoused white supremacist views and prompted an in-depth investigation of potential racism at the Boise Police Department filed a complaint against the city with the Idaho Human Rights Commission in November.

Daily Record

Full list of one-off payments for parents and households due to be issued before New Year

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due this month and when to expect it.

The Independent UK

New disability claims double in a year, with more teenagers seeking help

A third of new claims are for mental and behavioural conditions

Glasgow Live

DWP shares new payment rates for 2023 for Universal Credit, PIP and other benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have also confirmed the new thresholds and rates for Tax Credits and Child Benefit.

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The Independent UK

Passenger claims Qatar Airways crew removed him from flight due to disability

The Australian man has spina bifida and was travelling alone

The Guardian - AU

Australian man says he was booted from Qatar Airways flight because of his disability

Craig Nolan incident comes after disability royal commission hears airlines are ‘dehumanising’ passengers with disabilities

ABC News

Women with disability already battle stereotypes. I can't afford to be an angry, brown woman, too

As a brown, Muslim disabled woman, I don't have the luxury of cutting off friends who offend me. If I were to cancel every person who made an ableist, sexist, Islamophobic, or racist comment, I would truly be isolated.

Glasgow Live

DWP shares important £900 cost of living payment eligibility details for 2023

The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion and includes payments for people on disability benefits, pensioner households and those on means-tested benefits.

Manchester Evening News

DWP Cold Weather Payments eligibility and when you get them

As temperatures begin to plummet, there's a chance you could receive some extra cash from the government

Daily Record

15 ways to increase your monthly income before end of the year

Quickly check if you qualify for benefits, a Council Tax Reduction or a TV licence discount.

The Independent UK

Many kids are struggling. Is special education the answer?

Schools contending with soaring student mental health needs and other challenges have been struggling to determine just how much the pandemic is to blame

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