young woman in Pakistan urgently needs an advocate
A young woman, Nevra, who lives with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is issuing an urgent call out for an in-person medically knowledgeable ME ally and advocate. She lives in Pakistan,…
A young woman, Nevra, who lives with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is issuing an urgent call out for an in-person medically knowledgeable ME ally and advocate. She lives in Pakistan,…
How much will you earn between now and the rest of the year? Well if you’re disabled it’s effectively nothing. Thursday 7 November is Disability Pay Gap Day, and due to…
The cancellations of Macbeth, with David Tennant in the lead role, has led to questions being raised around the ongoing ambivalence to the continuing public health threat of coronavirus (Covid-19)…
Carla, a very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) patient has lost her appeal against West Middlesex hospital. Doctors sectioned Carla Naoum under the Mental Health Act as they believed her extreme…
With the Budget being announced this week by the new Labour Party government, we have seen yet more of the same old cuts to the services that support the most…
The new Labour Party government has recently launched an NHS public consultation – to mixed responses. The Canary’s Dr Julia Grace Patterson approached it with caution, while some other media…
For anyone seeing Super/Man: the Christopher Reeve Story, which has its UK Cinema release on Friday 1 November, prepare to be inspired and taken on an emotional rollercoaster. But does…
An infection with the latest Mpox variant, clade 1b, has been detected in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on Wednesday 30 October.…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now confirmed in the Autumn Budget that the Labour Party government plan to follow through on dangerous DWP reforms set out by the former Conservative government.…
There’s a lot of fear among disabled people on DWP benefits like PIP at the moment and much of it is very warranted. With the Autumn Budget coming up and…
Tuesday 29 October is an auspicious day for the myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) community. Crucially, it marks three years to the day the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)…
Deaf and disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) and trade unions have called on Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall to rethink dangerous plans to cut Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) out-of-work…