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  British soldiers strike gold at Invictus Games

  11 Sep 2014: Servicemen and women overcome injuries to win clutch of medals on first day of international tournament in London

• Disablism? Simon Minty's just having a laugh

  10 Sep 2014: Mary O'Hara: The cofounder of comedy troupe Abnormally Funny People says humour is a seriously powerful tool for changing attitudes

• A blind man in Bishopsgate

  7 Sep 2014: Recent experiences have brought home the challenges faced by visually-impaired people using public transport in London
  

• The disability movement is readying itself for battle

  5 Sep 2014: John McTernan: The Tories’ cack-handed attempts at benefit reform have united long-term sick and disabled claimants against them

• Residential care must reinvent itself so it is no longer seen as a last resort

  3 Sep 2014: Paul Burstow: The Demos review of residential care suggests decisions about what care we need must be separated from decisions about where we live, not bundled into one take-it-or-leave-it option

• Seeing the light: smart glasses boost vision for partially sighted people

  31 Aug 2014: Developers use cameras and laser to help wearers recognise everyday objects and navigate surroundings

• The new technologies helping visually impaired people navigate cities

  29 Aug 2014: New smart technologies are helping the two million Britons with visual impairments to get around urban areas more easily

• Coalition senators approve back pay scheme for workers with disabilities

  28 Aug 2014: Labor and the Greens release dissenting Senate committee reports after complainant’s mother asks for it to be rejected

• Councils tendering care contracts case by case in online 'auctions'

  27 Aug 2014:

  Critics brand eBay-style system auctionyourgranny.com while company says it is changing behaviour in a 'too fluffy' market

• Low-cost home-transport is 'a disaster waiting to happen'

  26 Aug 2014: Patrick Butler: Cuts to a £1m specialist bus contract are putting disabled children's lives at risk, say parents

• Back pay class action by 10,000 workers with disability will continue

  26 Aug 2014: New repayment scheme will not stop legal bid to recover wages allegedly owed to workers with an intellectual disability, lawyers say

• Can maps and mobiles prevent blindness?

  Guardian Professional, 22 Aug 2014: Trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, affects 21m people. Could mobile mapping help? Alex Pavluck explains

• NDIS lacks service providers in Indigenous areas, advocate warns

  22 Aug 2014: ‘The NDIS is market-based and there are people to purchase, but nothing to purchase,’ says First Peoples Disability Network

• Nicholas Russell obituary

  20 Aug 2014:

  Other lives: Tireless campaigner for disability rights and a Labour councillor in Waltham Forest

• The town getting help to improve its wheelchair access

  19 Aug 2014:

  Rachel Williams: One council has developed a website to help businesses and planners make buildings more wheelchair friendly

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