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All rise, if able 0 comments

All rise, if able Whether from direct experience or from watching courtroom dramas on TV or film, we’re probably all familiar with that short command which attends the arrival and [...]

Silent Buttons 0 comments

Silent Buttons film and campaign highlight deaf exclusion Silent Buttons (2025) is a new short film from 2024 Adam Reynolds Award winner, architectural designer, activist, and founder Chris Laing. The [...]

Disability Confident Awards 5 comments

Disability Confident Awards Large and small businesses who have carried out exceptional work in hiring, retaining and supporting disabled people in the workplace have been recognised in the annual Disability [...]

Accessible Games Initiative 0 comments

Accessible Games Initiative to improve inclusivity Video games are incredibly popular, with the gaming market estimated to be worth over $500 billion this year. But it can be tricky for [...]

The Safety Gap 0 comments

“The Safety Gap must be closed Patient Safety Commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes has released a report examining the safety and accessibility of medicines and medical devices for people with sensory [...]

Free companion rail travel 0 comments

Scotrail pilot for free companion travel Sight loss charities in Scotland have welcomed a pilot scheme that will provide free rail travel for companions of blind and partially sighted individuals [...]

Extra funding for Scottish Changing Places 0 comments

More Changing Places for Scotland The Scottish government is providing an extra £10 million over the next two years to fund fully accessible Changing Places toilets. This equates to some [...]

Public transport access 5 comments

Public transport access “embarrassment” “It should be a source of national embarrassment that our country’s transport services effectively treat disabled people as second class citizens…” The parliamentary Transport Committee has [...]

Supporting disabled developers 0 comments

New inclusive technology developed by BCU to transform career opportunities in 3D graphics and gaming for disabled developers Disabled developers will be able to use voice control and other innovations [...]