A Lib Dem peer who is wheelchair-bound today told how she was made to feel like a nuisance "inanimate object" after she was barred from boarding an almost empty bus.
We can't underestimate the ongoing impact of recent changes to special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision in schools. It takes time to get teaching assistants, teachers, school leaders, parents, governors and the students themselves all up to speed with the completely new system we are moving to.
This week we ask whether Boris Johnson is right to scrap Tube station ticket offices.
"I want to make sure other people don't go through what I did. That's why, even though it's hard and painful, I'll always speak out." - Nicky Nicky's flat was vandalised, her fuse box tampered with and she was called names when she left the house. Too scared to go home, she started living on a friend's sofa. Despite reporting it all to the police, nothing was done.
I always thought I was a normal human being.
Nick Clegg launches the party's Manifesto for Disabled People today. In the foreword, he writes: