Breaking Down Disability Barriers, Discrimination and Financial Inequality
Explore the barriers facing disabled entrepreneurs in the UK, including discrimination, financial inequality, inaccessible support, hidden costs and legal rights.
When a Disability Worsens at Work: What Rights Does a Disabled Employee Have?
What rights does a disabled employee have when their condition worsens at work? We examine reasonable adjustments, chronic pain, sick leave, occupational health, the Equality Act 2010, employer health and safety duties, Acas and what employees can do when existing workplace support is no longer enough.
Should PIP Awards Be Based on Disability Costs
Could basing PIP awards on disability costs discriminate against people with invisible or fluctuating conditions? We examine MS, OCD, mental health, chronic pain, neurological conditions and the true extra costs of disability.
Conscription, Disability and National Duty: Who Could Be Called to Serve?
What is conscription, could it return to Britain, which disabilities might prevent military service, and could migrants be required to serve? We examine disability rights, medical exemptions and the wartime contribution of Polish forces.
Can a One-Off Traumatic Event Trigger OCD?
Understanding Trauma, Emotional Distress and the Right to Move Forward. Can a traumatic break-up trigger OCD? Explore cumulative trauma, emotional accountability, legal limitation periods and rebuilding life with OCD.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Advance Disability Inclusion
Discover how artificial intelligence can improve accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities through assistive technology, education, employment, healthcare and inclusive design, while addressing discrimination, privacy and the digital divide.
Welfare Checks: What to Do If You Fear Someone Is in Trouble
Worried about someone who has disappeared online or sent an unusual message? Learn when to request a UK welfare check, even without their address.
Stem Cell Breakthrough: Could An Engineered Spinal Cord Help Paralysed People Walk Again?
Professor Tal Dvir and Tel Aviv University are developing personalised stem-cell spinal cord implants that restored walking in paralysed animals, with the first potential human treatment being prepared for 2027.
Disability-Based Violence: Why Global Concern Is Growing as the UN CRPD Develops New Guidelines
Disability-based violence is receiving growing international attention as the UN CRPD develops new guidelines to identify and address violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, institutional harm and barriers to justice affecting disabled people worldwide.
Animal Cruelty, Postal Workers and Vicious Dogs
Animal cruelty, dangerous dogs and postal-worker safety: UK laws, proportionate self-defence, prevention, reporting, sentencing and parole concerns. This article discusses animal injury and death, which some readers may find distressing. Where a reported incident remains under investigation, allegations should not be treated as proof of criminal guilt unless and until determined by a court.