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Strictly Come Dancing seek a wheelchair dancer for new series

The BBC show Strictly Come dancing is reportedly looking for a celebrity wheelchair dancer to partner one of the professionals…

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Entertainment & Culture

Quaden Bayles: bullied boy with dwarfism bags role in new Mad Max film

Quaden Bayles, a boy with dwarfism who was bullied and captured on video feeling suicidal has bagged a role in…

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Lifestyle

Why awkward conversations and intrusive questions about my disabled partner are not acceptable in society

Blogger, Becky Henley, shares her experiences of awkward conversations and intrusive questions she confronted about her partner Dan, who has…

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News

Then Barbara Met Alan: a factual drama about the rise of the Disability Discrimination Act in Britain

Then Barbara Met Alan is a factual drama that tells the true story of how two disability activists who became…

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Entertainment & Culture

BBC marks 25 years of the Disability Discrimination Act

BBC is marking the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act with a range of content across television, radio and…

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News

Ashford taxi drivers prosecuted for refusing passenger with guide dog

Two taxi drivers from Ashford have been found guilty for refusing to take a blind passsenger with their guide dog.…

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Right to Participate: how to fight disability discrimination

Disability Rights UK has set up a Right to Participate website that helps you find out more about the Equality…

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More than 70% of disabled people we surveyed say UK attractions lack useable accessible toilets

73% of 280 disabled people we surveyed say UK attractions lack useable toilets with 71% saying they‘d been promised an…

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Two taxi drivers refused to take disabled passengers

Taxi drivers refuse two disabled passengers - a wheelchair user and blind person with a guide dog - despite the…

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Mayor with prosthetic leg faced online abuse over wearing flat shoes

A mayor with a prosthetic leg faced online 'abuse' because she wore flat shoes. She fears this will discourage other…

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