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Disability

Elspeth Oakley is smiling at the camera. She has long white and purple hair and colourful eye make-up.

Benefit cuts a 'perfect storm for claimants'

A Northumberland Pip recipient believes changes to the benefit will put people off applying.

A man with dark hair is wearing a grey suit jacket and black shirt sits in a garden with fencing and a lawn and plants in the background.

'I was refused service in a cafe because of my face'

Amit Ghose says he still experiences abuse as an adult, but he has come to accept the way he looks.

Birmingham & Black Country

Gaelynn Lea plays a violin in the a BBC radio studio

'I play my violin like a tiny cello'

The Coates Park Country Park's fully accessible play area with a wooden ram and wheelchair accessible play

Mums celebrate longer opening of inclusive toilet

Campaign group Mums on a Mission successfully lobbies for an accessible toilet to be open all day.

The large white bathroom, which has a toilet with handles, a red cord for assistance, a hoist is in the corner, and handles around the sink.

Improved disabled toilet at hospital opens

The transformation of the facilities at Noble's Hospital into a Changing Places toilet is complete.

Kate Lindgren wearing a blue fleece sitting in a rowing boat holding her oars. Her left hand is leaning on wooden decking, and in the left of the photo and in the background is the river and some trees on the bank.

Sight impaired rowers are empowered by headset

One coach says the Bluetooth headsets are life-changing for the partially-sighted rowers.

A labrador looking at the camera. He has brown eyes and has his head resting on a person's blue trousered leg

Guide dog user warns taxi drivers to follow law

Nathan Major-Kershaw says drivers complain about having his guide dog in their car.

Hull & East Yorkshire

A bald man sitting in an office chair at a desk, he is wearing a blue and white checked shirt and has a purple lanyard around his neck. He is wearing a pair of black framed glasses, his right glasses' lens is clouded whilst the left lens is transparent. To the man's right is a support stick which he is not holding.

Disabled commuter calls for bus pass rule change

Hans Golding says free bus travel for disabled people should start before 09:00.

North Yorkshire

Four people on recumbent trikes smile for the camera. They are out on the Exe Estuary Trail on a sunny day.

Disability group hits 50,000km milestone

Freetrike takes those with mobility issues out on to Devon's traffic-free trails.