“Disabled people, those with long-term conditions and their families are being hit hard by cuts to the benefits and services they need to live their lives. The Hardest Hit campaign, organised jointly by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) and the … Continue reading →

The Equality Act makes it illegal to penalise disabled drivers and increase insurance premiums due to their disability, but very few insurance policies are devised to reflect the specific needs of the disabled driver. With this in mind we have … Continue reading →

Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) provide extra financial help if you want to study a higher education course and have a disability, ongoing health condition, mental health condition or specific learning difficulty like dyslexia. We are currently trying to find out if … Continue reading →

Disabled and Reduced Mobility Airport Guide covers multiple accessibility issues at the Airport. The guide has been created to help relieve some of the stress and worry which is very common among disabled persons when travelling through unfamiliar environments such … Continue reading →

Not so long back taxis would carry portable wheelchair ramps around with them for when they had to pick up wheelchair users. From 2012 all taxis should be classed a wheelchair accessible though and be speciall adapted to carry wheelchairs. … Continue reading →

Our hope is to establish disabled-airport-parking.co.uk as the most comprehensive resource for people searching advice and information on airport parking for disabled or mobility restricted travelers at major airports throughout the UK.

“The Equality Act 2010 which comes into force in October 2010 prohibits unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.” Rule 6 of … Continue reading →

From 1 October 2010, the Equality Act replaced most of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). However, the Disability Equality Duty in the DDA continues to apply. Find out about the protection and legal rights the Equality Act provides for disabled … Continue reading →

Large items or permanent fixtures If you are physically disabled, and especially if you are a wheelchair user, you may need to get equipment and have permanent fixtures installed at home so that you can live there independently. Examples of … Continue reading →

Just occasionally, I have an encounter with somebody that takes my breath away. Usually, it’s my colleagues here in the Independent Living offices who get to share it, but this one was such an egregious example, I thought I’d tell … Continue reading →