Disability living allowance
The Disability Living Allowance benefit is really important to people with a learning disability because of having extra costs of living.
The Disability Living Allowance benefit is really important to people with a learning disability because of having extra costs of living.
The government has announced a further £12 million is to be invested in helping people with mental health conditions return to work.
A service to help disabled people find and recruit the right personal assistant (PA) has won a national award for providing greater choice, control and independent living.
Two severely disabled men who use a fund for people with disabilities to live and work in the community have lost their bid to overturn the government's decision to close it next June.
Mark Hunter MP (Cheadle constituency) is backing a campaign by sight loss charity RNIB to ensure that everyone diagnosed with sight loss gets emotional support to come to terms with their condition.
We wish that more bus companies could follow the example of Edinburgh & the Lothians buses and provide a buggy space AND wheelchair space!