Disability Rights & Accessibility

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (145+ words) EIN Presswire There were 2,195 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 495,300 in the last 365 days. Marc Whitehead Marks 12th Texas Super Lawyers Selection After More Than 30 Years Advocating for People with Disabilities Founding Partner of Marc Whitehead & Associates Named Super…...

15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (375+ words) +27 40 602 2011 South Africa’s criminal courts risk prejudicing witnesses with communication disabilities when procedural rules built around spoken languages do not accommodate various communication pathways of people with communication disabilities, a University of Fort Hare (UFH) doctoral study has found. Dr Mahlubandile…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (865+ words) More than 325,000 people living in supported housing and temporary accommodation will be able to keep more of what they earn under a major change to Housing Benefit rules. The new rules came into force on October 5, removing a benefits “cliff…...

15+ hour, 55+ min ago   (379+ words) Home › News › Kerala High Court Holds Low IQ or Intellectual Disability Alone Does Not Make Accused Unfit to Stand Trial Kerala High Court held that intellectual disability or low IQ alone does not make an accused unfit for trial when…...

17+ hour, 4+ min ago   (417+ words) 6 Oct 2026 12:38 PM IST The Kerala High Court recently held that low IQ or intellectual disability would not make an accused unfit for trial if he has the functional capacity to understand and participate in proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 550] Justice Jobin Sebastian…...

15+ hour, 48+ min ago   (294+ words) Tough new rules are now in place. The DWP is starting to remove driving licences from certain benefit claimants under controversial new powers. Some people on benefits like Universal Credit are now at risk of being banned from driving. Officials…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (546+ words) Department for Work and Pensions announced the change this week(Image: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) The DWP has confirmed a major rule change has come into force affecting 325,000 claimants. The UK government has announced that residents in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (321+ words) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – The South Carolina Legislative Audit Council sought answers about a state agency’s hiring issues but hit a roadblock. From January 2021 to June 2026, the audit council found the state’s Disability Determination Services lost 35% of its examiners. Sixteen of them…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (417+ words) ‘This is what progressive welfare reform looks like,’ prime minister Andy Burnham said Hundreds of thousands of benefit claimants face new rules around their entitlement from Monday which will enable them to keep more of their income, the government has…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (405+ words) Live Law Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL To Fill Vacancies In State Human Rights Commissions The Supreme Court today issued notice on a PIL seeking filling up of vacant positions in State Human Rights Commissions across the country within…...