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People making a new claim for PIP may be able to complete whole application online

The new PIP online application trial is only being offered to 60 people each day.

Daily Record

People over State Pension age with eyesight issues could be due up to £407 each month

Attendance Allowance could help if you have an eye condition such as cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

Daily Record

DWP confirms dates for next £150 cost of living payments and one-day rule

The support is being paid out to six million people

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Today's Interview: Kentucky veterans are concerned about default’s effect on VA Hospital, post-ser

80-thousand veterans receive some or all of their medical care at Lexington’s Veterans Affairs Hospital. Many also receive retirement or disability pay. Those services and compensation could be disrupted if the federal government defaults on its debt, which could happen as soon as next week.

WEKU

DWP shares whether PIP due to change when it becomes the only health assessment for benefits

Work Capability Assessments could be scrapped as early as 2026 under new proposals.

Daily Record

All the available help to tackle your energy bills - from payment plans to free cash

It may sound like good news that energy bills are to drop but the price cap is still monumentally higher than what it was before the energy crisis - so many will still struggle with their bills

Daily Mirror

First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base…

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Adelaide Airport passenger using mobility scooter says she was treated without 'empathy or compassion'

Tammy Milne, who has arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, says she was made to feel like a "loaf of bread" and was treated with "no empathy or compassion" after being pulled aside at Adelaide Airport for a search.

ABC News

People over State Pension age with impaired hearing could be due up to £407 each month

More than 7,800 older people are receiving either £68.10 or £101.75 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

Australia's tennis world champions heading to the Virtus Global Games in France

The Australian tennis squad for players with an intellectual impairment, autism and Down syndrome heads to France, having not been beaten since 2015.

ABC News

FedEx hit with $2 million jury award to deaf worker claiming supervisors yelled, spit on him

Younes Mchaar transferred from his FedEx package-handler job in Virginia to a similar position in San Jose, California, hoping to leave behind the disability discrimination he experienced at work as a deaf person. Instead, he found more of the same, and worse: Managers mocked him, yelled at him, and one…

Tribune News Service

'It's vital we teach the next generation about disability history'

Disability rights should be part of the curriculum so that all children learn about it and all disabled people can see themselves represented

Daily Mirror

When is the £150 disability payment due?

The new support follows the £150 disability cost of living payment that was issued last September

Evening Standard

DWP health conditions most likely to get £172 PIP payment

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is aimed to help people with daily living or mobility costs

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Daily Record

PIP health conditions most-likely to be given a weekly payment of up to £172 from DWP

A new claim for PIP or Adult Disability Payment could help with daily living or mobility costs.

Daily Record

People with eyesight issues could be due up to £691 each month

More than 57,000 people are receiving between £26.90 and £172.75 each week through PIP or Adult Disability Payment.

Liverpool Echo

Map shows where £150 DWP cost of living payments will be made in Merseyside

More than 200,000 in our region will receive the payments

Chicago Tribune

Photographs shine a light on how a lack of masking is pushing Chicago residents with disabilities out of the public sphere

CHICAGO -- Artist Terri Hudson jumped at the chance to be a part of photographer Megan Doherty’s latest work, “Compromised” — over a dozen portraits of people who are immunocompromised trying to live their lives amid the ongoing pandemic.

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Bryony was born with rare genetic disorder - was called ‘mutant’ for having two fingers and two toes

Bryony Grealish has two fingers and ‘one toe on each foot’ due to her ‘severe’ form of ectrodactyly – a rare genetic disorder

Daily Record

People reaching State Pension age this year could be due wide range of extra benefits during retirement

There are more than a dozen benefits and discounts available for men and women aged over 66.

The Conversation

Around half of kids getting neurodevelopmental assessment show signs of mental distress. We can support them better

Neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affect one in ten people. While the primary focus is often on these diagnoses, worrying research shows people with neurodevelopmental conditions are at a much higher risk of experiencing serious mental health concerns. They may also find it particularly challenging…

Chronicle Live

'Extraordinary' Consett campaigner heading for Naples to share extraordinary disability story

Campaigner Paul James is of to sunnier climes to highlight the importance of inclusion to those with disabilities

Daily Record

People making a new claim for PIP need to know five crucial things before starting application

DWP has also released four new PIP videos on YouTube to help new claimants.

Evening Standard

Disabled woman forced to sleep in dining room of west London Travelodge after room ‘out of order’

Kat Watkins was left ‘tired and in pain’ after Travelodge ‘completely messed up’ her night

Daily Record

New cost of living payment warning to 6m people due £150 lump sum next month

DWP will make the £150 disability cost of living payment between June 20 - July 4.

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