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Successful claim for PIP could boost your monthly income and increase other DWP benefits

PIP provides financial support of between £24.45 and £156.90 each week.

Daily Record

Allegations of poor care, patients left soiled for hours at a SA government-run disability care service

Mostyn Evans would rather risk his life than amputate his leg for fears he would not be cared for appropriately by a state-run disability support service in Adelaide's south.

ABC News

Tas disability workers underpaid $700k

A major disability services provider in Tasmania has discovered it underpaid staff for years by up to $700,000.

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Fair Work to probe $700k underpayment to disability workers by Li-Ve Tasmania

As a disability provider in Tasmania which underpaid staff $700,000 pledges to return "every dollar" there are concerns the issue is becoming more widespread in a sector where workers are already low paid.

ABC News

Generation of unique disability IDs ramped up

There’s room to extend campaign till August 15, say sources

The Hindu

People claiming PIP do not need to report any of these six changes to DWP this summer

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP.

Daily Record

'Assuming someone is faking a disability is discriminatory and offensive'

Heathrow Airport's Chief Executive John Holland-Kaye claimed some passengers were 'using wheelchair support to try and get fast-tracked through the airport'. Rachel Charlton-Dailey says the claim is ableist

Daily Mirror

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People claiming new Adult Disability Payment may also qualify for huge range of other benefit top-ups

An award for Adult Disability Payment is worth between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

More than 2.5m disabled drivers warned they may not be able to use Blue Badge this summer

A Blue Badge provides essential parking accessibility for people with a disability or health condition.

Daily Record

Gardener accused of raping client over six-month period dies after being charged

A 72-year-old man who allegedly raped and indecently assaulted a client he was providing gardening services to has died, prompting the charges against him to be withdrawn.

ABC News

DWP identifies two groups of claimants to get delayed £326 cost-of-living payment

People with 'more complex circumstances' may have to wait longer for the payment

Manchester Evening News

What the NDIS needs to do to rebuild trust, in the words of the people who use it

It is nearing ten years since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was legislated in the dying days of the Gillard government. Not only was there bipartisan support for the NDIS, the reform came about on the back of a grassroots campaign from the disability community. People with disability –…

The Conversation

DWP's £326 cost-of-living payment could be delayed for two groups of claimants

DWP described the delay as "unavoidable"

Liverpool Echo

People on PIP may be able to backdate other benefits to the start of their DWP award

An award for PIP or the new Adult Disability Payment could lead to benefit top-ups, housing support and Council Tax discounts.

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The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will have the biggest para-sport program in history

Birmingham 2022 will have the biggest program for athletes with a disability ever. Here's our guide to all the sports, and the key Australians to watch.

Daily Record

New Adult Disability Payment application guide could help people claim up to £156 each week

Successful claimant’s in 13 council areas could receive between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

HMRC to give over one million Tax Credits claimants £326 cost of living payment this autumn

Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits claimants will receive the £650 cost of living payment later this year.

Daily Record

People applying for new Adult Disability Payment this month could get decision by end of October

Adult Disability Payment has now replaced PIP for new claimants in 13 council areas.

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‘Blaming her for wanting a boyfriend’: assault victim with disability critical of Queensland police response

Inquiry into QPS attitudes to domestic violence also hears police failed to assist in instances of elder abuse

Daily Record

New benefit replacing PIP promises no degrading assessments asking people to ‘touch their toes’

Adult Disability Payment is available in 13 council areas and will open nationwide on August 29.

Daily Record

DWP identifies two groups of claimants to get delayed £326 payment after this month

DWP said the delay was ‘unavoidable’ and payments will be made automatically as 'soon as possible'.

The Guardian - UK

Give Them Wings review – paean to Darlington FC and the power of compassion

This disarmingly sincere autobiopic tackles a northern lad’s struggles with disability with an unselfpitying eye, evoking the goodwill of vintage of British studio-era films

Chronicle Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants could be missing out on an extra £627 a month tax-free

People who are in need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition may qualify for extra financial support from DWP

The Conversation

Disability rights don’t have to clash with environmental responsibility

Picture this. There’s a tool you rely on to drink and using it is essential. It’s readily available. You’re given one with a drink wherever you go, and you can buy it cheaply in many stores. Imagine, then, that this tool is taken away.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans celebrate diversity at Disability Pride Parade: ‘It’s a healing event’

The Disability Pride Parade, which took on a virtual format for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back in person Saturday morning.

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