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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Disability | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 05:25:58 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-05-19T05:25:58Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/19/eurostar-wheelchair-policy-passengers-stranded-observer-campaign-assistance</link> <description><p>Passengers were left abandoned and humiliated after operator banned staff from providing assistance</p><p>Eurostar has reversed a new accessibility policy that left a wheelchair user stranded and has retrained its London staff following pressure from the <em>Observer</em>.</p><p>Travellers with disabilities claimed that they would be barred from Eurostar services after the company <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/08/left-stranded-and-humiliated-by-eurostars-new-wheelchair-policy">banned its London staff from pushing passenger wheelchairs</a>. Those who require assistance were told they must travel with a companion or cancel their ticket if they were unable to access services unaided, according to passengers who contacted the <em>Observer</em>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/19/eurostar-wheelchair-policy-passengers-stranded-observer-campaign-assistance">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/eurostar">Eurostar</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/travel">Travel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/rail-industry">Rail industry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/railtravel">Rail travel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/rail-transport">Rail transport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/transport">Transport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/consumer-rights-money">Consumer rights</category> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 05:00:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/19/eurostar-wheelchair-policy-passengers-stranded-observer-campaign-assistance</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/80a4e467dc9811a7b3800809384746f1dc3d18fd/0_395_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b5bb776940ca849dbc12813a1c73f5cc"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Kiran Ridley</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/80a4e467dc9811a7b3800809384746f1dc3d18fd/0_395_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5056f1a9b9858e30196099d105678a42"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Kiran Ridley</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Anna Tims</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-19T05:00:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fewer than one in 10 arts workers in UK have working-class roots</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/18/arts-workers-uk-working-class-roots-cultural-sector-diversity</link> <description><p>The cultural sector falls short on other measures of diversity too, with 9o% of workers white, says new report</p><p>Six in 10 of all arts and culture workers in the UK now come from middle-class backgrounds, compared with just over 42% of the wider workforce, according to new research.</p><p>And while 23% of the UK workforce is from a working-class background, working-class people are underrepresented in every area of arts and culture. They make up 8.4% of those working in film, TV, radio and photography, while in museums, archives and libraries, the proportion is only 5.2%.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/18/arts-workers-uk-working-class-roots-cultural-sector-diversity">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/class-issues">Class issues</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/inequality">Inequality</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/work-and-careers">Work & careers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/discrimination-at-work">Discrimination at work</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/social-trends">Social trends</category> <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 17:00:13 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/18/arts-workers-uk-working-class-roots-cultural-sector-diversity</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/81be0c3d084d5f079c20ec8cc4387ab0ef11dc46/0_102_5229_3138/master/5229.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6c3fa94be8a7c4c808888985c01a85b4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Caiaimage/Martin Barraud/Getty Images/iStockphoto</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/81be0c3d084d5f079c20ec8cc4387ab0ef11dc46/0_102_5229_3138/master/5229.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1c154334e1c553efaf5fa12c28bdaa55"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Caiaimage/Martin Barraud/Getty Images/iStockphoto</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rachael Healy</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-18T17:00:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures</link> <description><p>‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments</p><p>Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed.</p><p>More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often huge carer’s allowance overpayments. The debts are incurred in many cases through no fault of their own, and leave carers saddled with enormous debts, and some with criminal convictions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/carers">Carers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/social-care">Social care</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/welfare">Welfare</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/benefits">Benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 23:01:50 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/966fa841385c8fe4d6c48d6d38af6c6ee61dbe9c/0_359_7042_4228/master/7042.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=56f3dbc84ebc77385a35a81f1b014686"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Westend61 GmbH/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/966fa841385c8fe4d6c48d6d38af6c6ee61dbe9c/0_359_7042_4228/master/7042.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=134d0387a20d561834a35fa47aef96d4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Westend61 GmbH/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Josh Halliday and Patrick Butler</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-17T23:01:50Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Tell us your experience of wheelchair access in the UK</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/14/tell-us-share-your-experience-of-wheelchair-access-in-the-uk</link> <description><p>We’d like to find out more about your experience of accessing wheelchairs via the NHS</p><p>It has been reported that some disabled people across the UK face long delays waiting for a wheelchair from the NHS. We’d like to hear more about your experience.</p><p>Have you had to wait a long time for a wheelchair from the health service, or has the process been straightforward? If you did face a delay, what reason was given? How did it affect you? Please share your stories with us.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/14/tell-us-share-your-experience-of-wheelchair-access-in-the-uk">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:04:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/14/tell-us-share-your-experience-of-wheelchair-access-in-the-uk</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/824018bbf94258019a98d01a7990c8643d183215/0_102_4955_2973/master/4955.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=05ea4ef32df430d95af1e0f4b881e6dd"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: RioPatuca/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/824018bbf94258019a98d01a7990c8643d183215/0_102_4955_2973/master/4955.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bffd016b93be4810b476341d34b0b43a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: RioPatuca/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian community team</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T11:04:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A ‘miracle cure’ for deafness? For people like me, here’s why that isn’t our dream | Oliver-James Campbell</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/deafness-cure-medical-trial-hearing-loss</link> <description><p>It’s right to celebrate a groundbreaking medical trial. But what many of us really want is more support for people with hearing loss</p><p>As someone who has been hard of hearing since I was a teenager, I read with great interest about the case of Opal Sandy – the 18-month-old British toddler who has recently had her hearing “restored” in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/09/uk-toddler-has-hearing-restored-in-world-first-gene-therapy-trial">pioneering medical trial</a>.</p><p>Opal was born with auditory neuropathy, which is caused by the disruption of nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain, and which left her completely deaf. But after taking part in what is being heralded as a “groundbreaking” gene therapy trial at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge, she can now hear almost perfectly.</p><p>Oliver-James Campbell is a journalist and social media manager</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/deafness-cure-medical-trial-hearing-loss">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/deafness">Deafness and hearing loss</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:55:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/deafness-cure-medical-trial-hearing-loss</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e120b6b0a9282b26b26355c7c6f5111e03408d7/0_416_6243_3746/master/6243.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e77843cdc3a068b7816e63302ebc2fab"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e120b6b0a9282b26b26355c7c6f5111e03408d7/0_416_6243_3746/master/6243.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ce7630b6b0a28eaf503ac9c297c0e936"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Oliver-James Campbell</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-13T11:55:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Revealed: people with cancer, arthritis and amputations among 40% denied disability benefits</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees</link> <description><p>Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are being rejected in England and Wales</p><p>The government is rejecting more than 40% of applications for disability benefit from people with multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy and arthritis – and one in four applications from amputees, the <em>Observer</em> can reveal.</p><p>Analysis of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pip">personal independence payment</a> (Pip) disability benefit data for England and Wales shows that thousands of applicants with illnesses such as cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and emphysema were turned down by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between August 2023 and January 2024.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/benefits">Benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/welfare">Welfare</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/charities">Charities</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 06:00:48 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/daea0754ee40e32d919a78c920a57e7ad9188877/0_203_5608_3366/master/5608.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4598b8f0a952ebedb3bbc812a870d316"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/daea0754ee40e32d919a78c920a57e7ad9188877/0_203_5608_3366/master/5608.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=16f08ec892ae4f0f694aca0879d8cc37"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Chaminda Jayanetti</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-12T06:00:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>MPs call on spending watchdog to investigate DWP overpayments to carers</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/mps-call-on-spending-watchdog-to-investigate-dwp-overpayments-to-carers</link> <description><p>Select committee says scale of problem, carers’ testimony and cost to taxpayer warrants second inquiry into benefits system</p><p>A cross-party group of MPs has called on the government’s public spending watchdog to investigate the growing scandal that has plunged tens of thousands of unpaid carers into debt and left some with criminal convictions after unwittingly breaching benefit rules.</p><p>The Commons work and pensions select committee said it was concerned with how the government was clawing back huge sums from carers, and in some cases prosecuting them for fraud, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/why-are-so-many-carers-taken-to-court-for-benefit">five years</a> after it promised to tackle carer’s allowance overpayments.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/mps-call-on-spending-watchdog-to-investigate-dwp-overpayments-to-carers">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/carers">Carers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/welfare">Welfare</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/benefits">Benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/older-people">Older people</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 18:00:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/mps-call-on-spending-watchdog-to-investigate-dwp-overpayments-to-carers</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6eeed90caf364afe981f564945e2dc42b86efa6f/0_239_1958_1175/master/1958.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=da00bc9b925530733aecbfa328862b65"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Shestock/Getty Images/Blend Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6eeed90caf364afe981f564945e2dc42b86efa6f/0_239_1958_1175/master/1958.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e1e1ca80806285f16664d3c9e20f886a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Shestock/Getty Images/Blend Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Patrick Butler Social policy editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T18:00:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/10/uk-floating-bus-stops-cycle-lanes</link> <description><p>Exclusive: Cycling campaign groups warn such a move could preclude building of segregated bike routes</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/10/keir-starmer-immigration-dover-jeremy-hunt-uk-exits-recession">UK politics live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Ministers are considering banning a standard design feature for cycle lanes, the Guardian has learned, in a move campaign groups warn could make building separated bike routes on many main roads in effect impossible, and put riders at risk.</p><p>Mark Harper, the transport secretary, is examining whether there should be a halt in the use of what are known as <a href="https://www.cycling-embassy.org.uk/dictionary/floating-bus-stop">floating bus stops</a>, where a segregated bike lane is routed behind a bus stop and passengers cross the cycle lane to reach it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/10/uk-floating-bus-stops-cycle-lanes">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/news/cycling">Cycling</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/road-safety">Road safety</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/blindness">Blindness and visual impairment</category> <category 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url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/821a7287eadd6eca689da5dc8f40cc12cea4dad3/0_302_4032_2419/master/4032.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=44c81b7bbe1c9813a64c0f0563084b7f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dave Hill/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Peter Walker</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T13:29:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Adapted NHS bowel cancer test developed for blind and partly sighted people</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/adapted-nhs-bowel-cancer-test-developed-for-blind-and-partly-sighted-people</link> <description><p>Accessible screening tool piloted by NHS England includes braille instructions and a better guide for stool sample</p><p>Thousands of blind or partly sighted people could find it easier to participate in bowel cancer screening from home owing to a new NHS tool aiding accessibility.</p><p>The standard test used to screen for bowel cancer requires an at-home stool sample in a tube, which is sent off and examined for any possible cancer signs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/adapted-nhs-bowel-cancer-test-developed-for-blind-and-partly-sighted-people">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/bowel-cancer">Bowel cancer</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/blindness">Blindness and visual impairment</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/cancer">Cancer</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/medical-research">Medical research</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 23:01:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/10/adapted-nhs-bowel-cancer-test-developed-for-blind-and-partly-sighted-people</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8e171a6ad80ead9c5c570524bb133949957227b7/0_33_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=da64a004d83fe4e3d83fad82abb8e0fa"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Davies/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8e171a6ad80ead9c5c570524bb133949957227b7/0_33_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a724d15673be89248fbd5e6ed83a9c79"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Davies/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Tobi Thomas Health and Inequalities Correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-09T23:01:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Neuralink’s first implant partly detached from patient’s brain</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/neuralink-brain-chip-implant</link> <description><p>Some of the threads connecting the chip to the brain began to retract. The Elon Musk-owned company did not explain why</p><p>Neuralink’s first attempt at implanting its chip in a human being’s skull hit an unexpected setback after the device began to detach from the patient’s brain, the company revealed on Wednesday.</p><p>The patient, Noland Arbaugh, underwent surgery in February to attach a Neuralink chip to his brain, but the device’s functionality began to decrease within the month after his implant. Some of the device’s threads, which connect the miniature computer to the brain, had begun to retract. Neuralink did not disclose why the device partly retracted from Arbaugh’s brain, but stated <a href="https://neuralink.com/blog/prime-study-progress-update-user-experience/">in a blogpost</a> that its engineers had refined the implant and restored functionality.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/neuralink-brain-chip-implant">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/technology">Technology</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/computing">Computing</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/elon-musk">Elon Musk</category> <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 17:27:50 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/neuralink-brain-chip-implant</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/956dfa90a61595dd306bec3725bb6ca4690e0234/0_263_4000_2400/master/4000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=94f00575020d023f249c4e7c23df5702"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/956dfa90a61595dd306bec3725bb6ca4690e0234/0_263_4000_2400/master/4000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c88dc8c9753350313feec7804c6a2246"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nick Robins-Early</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-09T17:27:50Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Grant Shapps says it will ‘take some time’ to conclude who was to blame for cyber-attack on armed forces payroll – as it happened</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/07/tories-offering-britain-five-more-years-of-chaos-warns-rachel-reeves-in-major-economic-speech-uk-politics-live</link> <description><p>Defence secretary makes statement after 270,000 payroll records belonging to members of Britain’s armed forces been exposed to hackers. This live blog is closed</p><p><strong>Reeves</strong> says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability will be change, she argues.</p><p>I know – warm words are not enough. I do not underestimate the challenges we face. But I am so ambitious for our country. I know the huge potential found all across Britain and the constraints that are holding that potential back are not immutable forces.</p><p>They require vision, courage, and responsible government. Vision – to pursue a different approach, drawing on new economic thinking shaping governments in Europe, America and around the world – but which this Conservative government resists.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/07/tories-offering-britain-five-more-years-of-chaos-warns-rachel-reeves-in-major-economic-speech-uk-politics-live">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rachel-reeves">Rachel Reeves</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour">Labour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/economy">Economic policy</category> <category 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url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b3503c42f93675795d2b26cc02079c299fa9dd50/0_84_2678_1607/master/2678.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0f451e91081ab28ab936456be690b904"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b3503c42f93675795d2b26cc02079c299fa9dd50/0_84_2678_1607/master/2678.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=811cad700c2f4cd1a932890427114d3f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andrew Sparrow</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-07T17:23:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How to pair up with blind people for walks and holidays | Letters</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/07/how-to-pair-up-with-blind-people-for-walks-and-holidays</link> <description><p>Readers respond to a piece by Adrian Chiles about his experience with blind and partially sighted walkers</p><p>Adrian Chiles asked his blind guide if he was aware of any charity that paired blind people with those who would like to walk with them (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/may/01/how-do-you-describe-the-view-to-someone-who-cant-see-i-couldnt-even-do-justice-to-a-canal-towpath">How do you describe the view to someone who can’t see? I couldn’t even do justice to a canal towpath, 1 May</a>). He says: “I hope no blind person is missing out on the simple joys of a good walk for the want of guides who may themselves be missing out on the chance to see the world better.”</p><p>He may be interested to learn that the <a href="https://e-voice.org.uk/winslowdistrictramblersgroup">Winslow District Ramblers’ Group</a> – which covers the area where Adrian was doing his walk and is affiliated to the national Ramblers charity – hosts an <a href="https://e-voice.org.uk/winslowdistrictramblersgroup/blind-walk/">annual walk</a> for the London Blind Walking Group. <br><strong>Clare Butler</strong> <br><em>Steeple Claydon</em>, <em>Buckinghamshire </em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/07/how-to-pair-up-with-blind-people-for-walks-and-holidays">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/blindness">Blindness and visual impairment</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/walking">Walking</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/travel">Travel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/charities">Charities</category> <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 16:02:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/07/how-to-pair-up-with-blind-people-for-walks-and-holidays</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ce719a751704c82b2426807080e97f903f8f18c/424_542_5299_3179/master/5299.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ab31059f8caac332ab280356e1232232"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ce719a751704c82b2426807080e97f903f8f18c/424_542_5299_3179/master/5299.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c3dc8243b30057aba14d14bf58de5a73"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-07T16:02:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>School funding reform to be tied to better outcomes for children with disability, Jason Clare says</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/australia-school-funding-reform-students-with-disability</link> <description><p>Education minister doubles down on need for states to do more for students with a disability, in the wake of Guardian Australia investigation</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2024/may/06/why-are-australian-schools-failing-children-with-disabilities-full-story-podcast">Why are Australian schools failing children with disabilities? – podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/29/how-the-rise-of-autism-and-adhd-fractured-australias-schools">How the rise of autism and ADHD fractured Australia’s schools</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The education minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jason-clare">Jason Clare</a>, has said the next national agreement on school reform will be tied to improved outcomes for students with disabilities, amid a split with the states over increased funding levels.</p><p>“I want students with disability to have the same educational opportunities as students without disability,” he told Guardian Australia.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/australia-school-funding-reform-students-with-disability">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-education">Australian education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/australia-school-funding-reform-students-with-disability</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/75484383911d4e5cd85b545a7e2cd3a4247971c6/0_200_8256_4954/master/8256.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=29d83de5ba2235a37553e9dc8ed26a5c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/75484383911d4e5cd85b545a7e2cd3a4247971c6/0_200_8256_4954/master/8256.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7a1763d9841316208d72aab41a0cfd64"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Sarah Martin</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-07T00:00:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Guardian view on disability benefit reform: the latest proposals are dangerously out of touch | Editorial</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-disability-benefit-reform-the-latest-proposals-are-dangerously-out-of-touch</link> <description><p>Threatening to withdraw personal independence payments will only ramp up stress on unwell people</p><p>The best thing that can be said about the latest proposals from ministers to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/29/people-with-depression-or-anxiety-could-lose-sickness-benefits-pip">reform disability benefits</a> is that they are unlikely ever to come to fruition. A consultation closes in late July, so the work and pensions secretary, Mel Stride, can be expected to announce changes in the autumn. Given the imminence of a general election, however, any new policies on benefits should be viewed as fodder for a manifesto rather than a programme for the current government. They will be driven by desperation to limit what are expected to&nbsp;be heavy losses.</p><p>This is completely the wrong way to approach the technically and politically <a href="https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/in-credit/">difficult issue of benefit reform</a>. Millions of disabled people rely on their personal independence payment (Pip) – or disability&nbsp;living allowance, as some equivalent payments are still known. Like carer’s allowance, this is not means-tested, and is meant to help people&nbsp;cope&nbsp;with the additional cost of being ill or disabled. This can include paying for assistive devices,&nbsp;higher transport costs including commuting to work, heating bills or medical items not&nbsp;provided&nbsp;by&nbsp;the NHS.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-disability-benefit-reform-the-latest-proposals-are-dangerously-out-of-touch">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/benefits">Benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/welfare">Welfare</category> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 17:27:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-disability-benefit-reform-the-latest-proposals-are-dangerously-out-of-touch</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ba5e4d8737384342a3ee47cdeecfc2591e524948/0_0_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cccd4520b5840d8eaf8197d5e06e6877"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ba5e4d8737384342a3ee47cdeecfc2591e524948/0_0_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=eed38ccb62d4a319f115c0fdebadbe71"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Editorial</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-06T17:27:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Incredibly Talented Lucy review – a sparkling story, with an enraging twist ending</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/05/the-incredibly-talented-lucy-review-a-sparkling-story-with-an-enraging-twist-ending</link> <description><p>This moving documentary is as much about The Piano winner’s teacher, Daniel, as it is about her remarkable rise. While their relationship is wonderful to watch, the difficulties they face prove a rotten problem in society</p><p></p><p>The makers of Channel 4’s reality/talent show The Piano probably thought they had a hit on their hands when they coined the format, but the moment they knew they had cracked it must have been when they found Lucy, a 13-year-old girl from Halifax, West Yorkshire. Blind, neurodivergent and given to throwing her head from side to side during performances in the manner of Stevie Wonder, Lucy was exactly what The Piano – which invited amateurs from around the country to play railway concourse pianos, then arranged for the best ones to do a gig at the Royal Festival Hall – was looking for.</p><p>Inevitably, Lucy now stars in a spin-off documentary where we learn more about her and see what happened next. We duly watch Lucy at home and at school, delight in hearing her play a lot more piano – Debussy, Duke Ellington, Bach – and are introduced to her wonderful, loving mother and the teachers and classroom assistants who encourage her every day in matters besides music. But The Incredibly Talented Lucy is not primarily a film about Lucy. It’s about Daniel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/05/the-incredibly-talented-lucy-review-a-sparkling-story-with-an-enraging-twist-ending">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tv-and-radio">Television & radio</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/music">Music</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 22:20:21 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/05/the-incredibly-talented-lucy-review-a-sparkling-story-with-an-enraging-twist-ending</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0439af786781e11d1ae4b456b8d983360317551a/0_448_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=eef380ccdc6e4a54e18b10f46017f74e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Ansett/Channel 4 / Richard Ansett</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0439af786781e11d1ae4b456b8d983360317551a/0_448_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3d210f5ab23c5f4496ccc5ba344a17df"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Ansett/Channel 4 / Richard Ansett</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jack Seale</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-05T22:20:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Carolann Jackson obituary</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/carolann-jackson-obituary</link> <description><p>My friend Carolann Jackson, who has died aged 80, was a campaigner and advocate on behalf of people with Asperger syndrome.</p><p>For the first part of her adult life she worked in the music business, managing bands. But her focus changed after the birth of her daughter, Nita. Early on, Carolann noticed that her daughter appeared to behave differently to other children of her age.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/carolann-jackson-obituary">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/neurodiversity">Neurodiversity</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/essex">Essex</category> <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 15:47:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/carolann-jackson-obituary</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4d2eb2554ad95776bb1e5ddf7c3071704959faf2/0_138_628_377/master/628.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=449f59d77990b4b49e288bcf5e55d497"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: from family/none</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4d2eb2554ad95776bb1e5ddf7c3071704959faf2/0_138_628_377/master/628.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=914d440eebf3706827b0d598e67ff62c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: from family/none</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>David Norman</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-05T15:47:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why are Australian schools failing children with disabilities? – podcast</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2024/may/06/why-are-australian-schools-failing-children-with-disabilities-full-story-podcast</link> <description><p>The number of disabled students recognised as needing greater learning support has grown to almost 1 million nationally. But these children are increasingly being suspended from schools, including some as young as five years old. Investigative reporter <strong>Sarah Martin</strong> explains to <strong>Jane Lee</strong> how Australia’s education system has reached crisis point</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2024/may/06/why-are-australian-schools-failing-children-with-disabilities-full-story-podcast">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-education">Australian education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 15:00:13 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2024/may/06/why-are-australian-schools-failing-children-with-disabilities-full-story-podcast</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ab3d6bd851ef1359628ab3533376f00806b7f41/0_0_2500_1500/master/2500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1dae704a84ef8ce75e12aa588aaa464b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Sarah Rhodes/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ab3d6bd851ef1359628ab3533376f00806b7f41/0_0_2500_1500/master/2500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8ba72d8bff473c5b9e03e92db952eff2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Sarah Rhodes/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Presented by Jane Lee with Sarah Martin, produced by Karishma Luthria, sound design and mixing by Camilla Hannan, executive producer Miles Martignoni</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-05T15:00:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Manchester United to tighten up checks to avoid misuse of disabled fans’ tickets</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/04/manchester-united-tighten-checks-avoid-misuse-disabled-fans-tickets</link> <description><ul><li>Concerns aired that tickets were falling into the wrong hands</li><li>Club to work with United’s Disabled Supporters’ Association</li></ul><p>Manchester United are to tighten up identification spot-checks to ensure tickets for disabled fans do not fall into the wrong hands.</p><p>The club have stressed that their No 1 priority for disabled supporters is to ensure only the appropriate people enter designated areas after a report in the Daily Mail claimed some fans were guilty of falsely gaining entry into disabled sections to watch matches, particularly away from home.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/04/manchester-united-tighten-checks-avoid-misuse-disabled-fans-tickets">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/manchester-united">Manchester United</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 14:20:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/04/manchester-united-tighten-checks-avoid-misuse-disabled-fans-tickets</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bcc6c2797449495903b571c30fffb28fbf0e44de/0_350_5255_3153/master/5255.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e9e8bd21e96e91c624595a99992b2af8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bcc6c2797449495903b571c30fffb28fbf0e44de/0_350_5255_3153/master/5255.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6587b8b496dc812c55b2660b26c4f5f1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-04T14:20:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Here are six ways to make education more inclusive | Catherine Smith</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/australia-disability-education-schools-support-inclusion</link> <description><p>This is not an easy fix, but our schools should be safe places where students grow and learn together</p><p>Australia has a global reputation for high quality education. But inclusion for children and young people with disability in all that education can offer is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/29/why-the-guardian-is-investigating-the-deep-failings-in-australias-school-system">something we aren’t getting right</a>.</p><p>This is not an easy fix – not all schools are resourced or welcoming to students with disability. Families of students with disability often <a href="https://disability.unimelb.edu.au/home/projects/Impact-of-remote-learning">find themselves exhausted</a> by how much they must advocate to have their child understood and have their needs met. This can lead to feeling as if mainstream schools are too hard (and sometimes too scary) and is part of the reason why, despite knowing that inclusive education benefits all children, with or without disability, we are still building new special schools.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/australia-disability-education-schools-support-inclusion">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-education">Australian education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/national-disability-insurance-scheme">National disability insurance scheme</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/parents-and-parenting">Parents and parenting</category> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/australia-disability-education-schools-support-inclusion</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f6cc37f2365c09be5fe7f718e9bf9607649943d2/0_151_8659_5196/master/8659.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=340f9b7cc09f0ce5cea79bb131e432c5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: FatCamera/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f6cc37f2365c09be5fe7f718e9bf9607649943d2/0_151_8659_5196/master/8659.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=78967f8fb2a125ba09f4e9a531593a0e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: FatCamera/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Catherine Smith</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-04T00:00:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>To the parents of school-aged children with disabilities: it's not your fault | Anonymous</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/australian-schools-education-system-children-with-disability-support-ndis-review</link> <description><p>My son spent his high school years isolated in the library or watching YouTube videos. Am I angry? Absolutely. Do I blame his teachers? I don’t</p><ul><li>Analysis: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/29/why-the-guardian-is-investigating-the-deep-failings-in-australias-school-system">Why the Guardian is investigating the deep failings in Australia’s school system</a></li></ul><p>If you are a parent of a school-aged child with a disability, you already know that the system is broken. You likely feel helpless, judged, and as though you are failing your child. I want to assure you that you’re not, but the education system is failing them.</p><p>My 17-year-old son Alex* spends his days at home. He wants to get a job, but is going to need a lot of help to do that, and while we wait for months on end for a review of his NDIS funding, he can do little more than wait. He should be at school, but by the end of year 10 it was clear that school was doing more damage than good.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/australian-schools-education-system-children-with-disability-support-ndis-review">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-education">Australian education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/schools">Schools</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/parents-and-parenting">Parents and parenting</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 02:57:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/australian-schools-education-system-children-with-disability-support-ndis-review</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/399e2b19f0eec407e2619e26dbe7d93ecc2d21a3/468_0_3850_2312/master/3850.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7c7c1f25254481ca832182e940cd597f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/399e2b19f0eec407e2619e26dbe7d93ecc2d21a3/468_0_3850_2312/master/3850.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1b513aa4f66c18a4a076f291f135b33e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-03T02:57:14Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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