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AI bias isn’t just an error in the algorithm. It’s a chain of human decisions

In the United States, leading HR software company Workday is currently facing a lawsuit over its use of job screening tools powered by AI which allegedly discriminated against applicants based on factors such as age, disability and race.

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The NDIS is undergoing a major overhaul. This is what the changes could mean for you

Some participants could lose 50% of their budget for paying carers to accompany them to job or social programs

The Guardian - AU

Virgin Australia apologises to disability advocate removed from flight over wheelchair motor

Shane Hryhorec’s viral video showing the interaction with flight staff has already garnered 16m views

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Leaked Video From ICE Detention Shows Detainee Given Only Ibuprofen Despite Severe Pain and Disability

A man detained by ICE has experienced severe health decline, struggling to walk and suffering from pain and insomnia. His family and advocates are urgently seeking medical evaluation.

International Business Times UK

Disability Advocate Files Human Rights Complaint After Being Removed From A Virgin AU Flight

Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec says he has lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after he was removed from a Virgin Australia flight over a disagreement about where to stow his wheelchair power-assist device. The incident took place on a Sydney-to-Adelaide service after Hryhorec boarded with his…

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Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules

The Guardian - UK

Disabled people in England to get free bus travel all day from April 2027: What changes

By April 2027, disabled individuals in England will enjoy unlimited free bus travel, a transformative policy shift that eliminates existing time constraints on concessionary passes. With funding of sixty million pounds from the government, this initiative seeks to enhance access to employment and essential services for those affected. This reform…

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Why Ohio Landlords Are Pushing Back on Emotional Support Dogs in 2026

HUD narrowed ESA enforcement in May 2026, but Ohio's rules didn't change. What Ohio landlords can and can't do about emotional support dogs.

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‘We’re not scroungers – we need it’: Furious PIP claimants hit back at Reform’s plan to axe benefits

Over half of the UK’s health benefit claimants would be stripped of their payments under the plans announced by Reform UK

The Independent UK

Huge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaigners

Party wants to cut £50bn from UK welfare bill but charity says proposals would cause ‘horrific levels of destitution’

The Guardian - UK

People with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average

Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidable

The Guardian - UK

'Blood on your hands': senators slam disability reform

Greens, coalition and independent senators have raised significant concerns in parliament over Labor's cuts to disability funding.

AAP

Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’

The Guardian - UK

Labor confident of an NDIS deal despite reform backlash

The federal disability minister has defended changes to the NDIS, flagging further amendments to tackle fraud and win parliamentary support.

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Reform UK unveils massive £50bn welfare overhaul to scrap PIP

Reform would abolish personal independence payments and provide support only for those ‘gravely ill’

The Independent UK

Disability charity boss slams DWP after losing his own travel work benefits

Campaigners claim that the government is scaling back Access to Work awards

The Conversation

With NDIS changes set to pass, here’s who bears the cost of making it ‘sustainable’

Legislation to tighten eligibility for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could be be passed as early as next week, after a Labor-led Senate committee today recommended the bill be passed.

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'Too far, too fast': alarm as NDIS revamp moves closer

An inquiry report recommending multibillion-dollar cuts to the national disability fund go ahead is being tempered by widespread warnings over the shake-up

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Alberta’s disability benefit overhaul shifts more economic risk onto people with disabilities

On July 1, Alberta began moving most recipients of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) to a new program, the Alberta Disability Assistance Program, or ADAP.

International Business Times UK

Which 14 New Health Conditions Were Added to the Social Security Compassionate Allowances Program?

The Social Security Administration has expanded its Compassionate Allowances program with 14 new severely disabling medical conditions, offering a critical fast-track pathway for financial assistance.

The Independent UK

The 14 conditions Social Security has added to disability fast-track list

Several rare cancers and genetic disorders are being added to the list, bringing the total number of conditions on the CAL to 314

Medical Daily

Social Security Adds 14 Conditions to Its Disability Fast Track, Including Four Cancers and Several Rare Childhood Syndromes

Social Security added 14 conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list. Here are the cancers and childhood syndromes that now qualify.

The Conversation

People with psychosocial disability from mental illness will lose out from tightened NDIS eligibility

Later this week, a Senate committee is expected to deliver its report into legislation to tighten eligibility for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The committee’s inquiry was extended and the bill amended in a deal with the Greens in June.

The Economic Times

Insurer denied claim against workplace accident during lunch break; employee escalated the issue in Delhi HC and won ₹7.86 lakh compensation with 12% interest

Employee denied compensation as he lost his left leg due to accident at workplace during lunch-break; Delhi HC orders insurance company to pay Rs 7.86 lakh with 12% interest under Employee's Compensation Act, 1923. Know how he won the case in high court.

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No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation

From a decision last Tuesday in Doe v. Florida Bar by Magistrate Judge Robert Norway (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff argues that… The post No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation appeared first on Reason.com.

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