Essential Disability News and Inclusion Stories
We’ve gathered the latest disability news, accessibility updates, and inclusion stories from trusted sources across the web. These curated links highlight the trends, rights issues, and lived experiences shaping the disability community today.
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UK social media ban could cut lifeline for disabled children
Disability activists have said banning under-16s from social media risks cutting off a “lifeline for friendship” for disabled children and could push them into social isolation by preventing them from making connections online.
Institute for Development Studies publishes new journal on building disability-inclusive futures
New research published in the Institute for Development Studies’ quarterly bulletin, ‘Building disability-inclusive futures,’ sheds fresh light on the urgent need for disability-inclusive development.
Special Olympics South Africa and Nike Unite
Special Olympics South Africa, in partnership with Nike, hosted an inspiring Youth Day Celebration at the Nike Shapa Centre in Soweto. The event brought together youth with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities to celebrate inclusion, leadership, unity, and the transformative power of sport
Concern and disappointment as MP brings ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill back to parliament
Disabled campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her success in the private members’ bill ballot to launch a new bid to legalise assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a letter to the constituency office of Labour MP Lauren Edwards
Anger as Motability takes car from disabled woman over Drive Smart failure, even though scheme is on hold
A devastated disabled woman had her Motability vehicle taken away after failing to respond to letters and emails that ordered her to sign up to the flawed Drive Smart programme, even though the scheme had been suspended.
Disabled activists share stories of ‘burnout’ after years of fighting
Disabled activists have come together to share ideas for how they can overcome the growing problem of “burnout” experienced by members of the disabled people’s movement. The event was hosted by disabled activist-academic Emma Hewitt, co-founder of Leeds Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC).
Secret histories unearthed by author show how disabled people fought injustice through the centuries
A groundbreaking book that uncovers the hidden histories of disabled people who fought against injustice shows disabled people are still “locked in bureaucratic battles” for support, just as they were in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
How Disability-Led Design is Changing India’s Arts and Cultural Places
Blind since birth, Kulal could not access what the exhibits were meant to convey, and the museum staff made no effort to help him engage with them. “That was my first and last visit to a museum as a child,”
Six Months On: Wheelchair User Still Awaiting Alternative Accessible Accommodation Following Eviction
Back in August 2025, Crip Life reported on the story of disabled resident Sophie, who was suddenly evicted from her Southampton home due to the building requiring urgent structural repairs. More than six months on, Sophie is continuing to fight for suitable alternative accessible accommodation that meets her complex needs.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD): From Awareness to Action
Every year on the third Thursday of May, GAAD invites people around the world to reflect on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities. There are more than one billion people with disabilities worldwide
Disabled FIFA volunteer raises service animal awareness
When Joe Flores saw that the 2026 FIFA World Cup would have nine matches in Arlington just 30 minutes away, he knew he and his service dog, Kiki, needed to be a part of it.