My panel oversees reviews into detention cases of people with autism. I see how the system fails those it should help Sheila Hollins is emeritus professor of psychiatry of learning disability at St George’s University...
DWP urged to reveal algorithm that ‘targets’ disabled for benefit fraud
Disabled people are being subjected to stressful checks and months of frustrating bureaucracy after being identified as potential benefit fraudsters by an algorithm the government is refusing to disclose, according to a...
The high cost of living in a disabling world
For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society ‘on an equal basis’ with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded Read the...
Disabled people struggling to hire carers after Brexit
Disabled people are struggling to hire carers to help with vital daily tasks due to low pay and Brexit, the Observer has been told, with ministers refusing to ease immigration restrictions to address the crisis. Read...
Disabled woman to take DWP to court over ‘immoral’ automatic benefit deductions
A disabled woman is to challenge the Department for Work and Pensions in court over what she calls its “immoral” policy of allowing landlords and utilities companies to automatically make deductions from monthly...
Seven out of 10 win benefits challenges at tribunal
Seven out of ten people who appealed in court against a decision to deny them disability benefits were successful, analysis shows. In total, more than 287,000 people in England, Scotland and Wales have overturned a...
