An Australian quadriplegic, who last month won a landmark legal right to starve to death, has died. Christian Rossiter, 49, died in a nursing home in Perth, West Australia, after developing a chest infection. A former outdoor adventurer, he had won...

I have only just found out that Mikey Hughes, runner up on Big Brother 9 in 2008, is standing as an independent candidate in the Glasgow North East by election, which is to be held on November 12th. His short profile on the BBC News website...

An image of a teenage swimmer aiming for glory at the 2012 Paralympics has been named the winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Paul Floyd Blake’s photo shows Rosie Bancroft from Oxford shortly after beating her personal best. The...

Lord McKenzie of Luton, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions, recently issued a statement in the House of Lords that has been welcomed by carers of disabled...

This year, for the fifth summer in a row, OneSight teamed up with the Fresh Air Fund to bring their travelling optical clinic to all five Fresh Air Fund camps. Together with OneSight’s Vision Vans – and a team of local doctors and volunteers,...

Almost one in 10 disabled people in the UK have been the victim of a hate crime, according to a leading disability charity. For the first time, the 2009 version of an annual survey carried out by Leonard Cheshire Disability asked respondents whether...