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Disabled children facing over 200-day wait for essential social care assessment
16 April 2025 – Families with disabled children are at breaking point, left without the support they need, according to new research.
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As Paralympics begins, new research reveals ‘shocking neglect’ of disabled people’s health in the UK
28 August 2024 - Around 1.3 million people with complex disabilities in the UK are not active enough to be healthy
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Family carers of disabled people struggle to get a break, leaving many burnt out, new research reveals
27 July 2023 – New research, published by Sense, has laid bare the pressure on carers looking after disabled family members.
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One in two disabled people to use ‘Warm Spaces’ this winter in desperate bid to save on energy bills
1 November 2023 – One in two disabled people plan to spend the coming months in community spaces to stay warm.
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Rising costs in the UK push more than half of disabled households into debt
22 June 2022 – New research reveals disabled people and family carers are at breaking point, with more than a third now skipping meals to save money.
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Disabled people must be a focus of Covid inquiry
12 May 2021 – Almost two thirds (61%) of disabled people say that there should be an inquiry into the support disabled people received during the pandemic.
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Fear of mental health crisis as loneliness rises dramatically amongst disabled people
25 February 2021 – Almost two thirds (61%) of disabled people are now chronically lonely, rising to 7 in 10 (70%) of young disabled people.
