American designer, Tommy Hilfiger, has announced plans to expand his fashion collections and offer sartorial solutions for the disabled adults – a proposal that has received positive responses from disabled charities and organisations. Hilfiger’s new …
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About 1.5 million men and 2.1 million women over 65 will be physically disabled by 2047, according to a study in BMJ Open. Caroline Abrahams of AGE CONCERN, said that the population was ageing and infrastructure …
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FITZROY is a National Charity supporting people with learning difficulties and autism. And featuring today in the Sunday Mirror (22 October) is their LOVE4LIFE project. It tells the stories of several couples brought together by …
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Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers are at greater risk of deadly lung disease researchers warn. It suggests that the 400,000 Britons with the disease are almost 50 peer cent more likely to need hospital care for wheezing …
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Charities are losing millions of pounds in donations because people are carrying less loose change. As more and more of us use contactless cards there is not so much need to carry around small coins …
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Long overdue but at last a breakthrough! The National Theatre together with Spotlight have compiled a database of Actors with disabilities. We know from our own American correspondent, Hollywood actress, Eileen Grubba, how disability inclusion is so far from being a …
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The HMRC has suspended the ‘PA sleep in minimum wage enforcement’ for a further month. The Revenue is demanding the minimum wage and up to 6 years back pay for carers sleeping overnight. Enforcement was …
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Britain’s armed forces are losing a battalion a year because of mental health problems. Our military (The Army, Royal Navy and The RAF) discharged 499 personnel in 2016/17 .. and that was almost double that …
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The Government is committed to encouraging companies to sign up to the ‘Disability Confident’ scheme. The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) strongly believes in the need for the employer action to ensure talented people, who happen to …
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Almost 80% of the risk of developing schizophrenia is genetic, say scientists. A new study of more than 60,000 people offers hope that early screening will lead to more successful treatments. Dr. Rikke Hilker, of …
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