Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. The Government must think about which Brits it values as being worthy of work
Disability
An evidence-led, long-called for, but under-used programme of checks for people with a learning disability has the potential to help ease health inequalities more widely, Saba Salman reports
In her monthly column, Penny Pepper describes the aftermath of a terrifying break-in, which she fears may have been a disability hate crime
How the rush back to the office hurts disabled workers—and everyone else.
In her monthly column, Penny Pepper wonders what new threats disabled and elderly people will face as the season turns
Examining the 'lazy framing' around disability in sport where the focus is often on 'the accident, the drama, the blood, the pain' and not the competition
Disabled people may have been cheering the end of Tory rule – but their trust has not been won by Labour, writes Penny Pepper
Every change that improves the lives of disabled people has been predominantly led by disabled people themselves, whose stories are overlooked or misappropriated, writes Penny Pepper
'They have voted at every opportunity and have actively sought out and studied the various political parties, claims and policies. Once voter ID came to this country, they found the ID process a challenge'
There are 14 million disabled people in the UK – are politicians even considering them in this election campaign?