Disability activism

Being Heumann's Rob Delaney: 'Don’t sit around hoping another world is possible. Build it by hand'
Rob Delaney as Senator George Miller in Being Heumann
Interview

Being Heumann's Rob Delaney: 'Don’t sit around hoping another world is possible. Build it by hand'

Actor and activist Rob Delaney walks the talk when it comes to standing up for what he believes in
Being Heumann: 'Our world looks different because of what these protesters did'
Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann in Being Heumann
Disability activism

Being Heumann: 'Our world looks different because of what these protesters did'

Majority of disabled people would like to exercise more but fear the DWP would cut their benefits
A person racing in a wheelchair. I
benefits

Majority of disabled people would like to exercise more but fear the DWP would cut their benefits

Veteran and double amputee Rick Clement turns to YouTube to open up countryside to wheelchair users
Environment

Veteran and double amputee Rick Clement turns to YouTube to open up countryside to wheelchair users

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'
Employment

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'
Actor Renu Arora has seen her Access to Work payments cut
Social Justice

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'

How the Sociability app puts accessibility on the map to help disabled people break down barriers
People in wheelchairs at a post-Naidex social event organised by Sociability
Accessibility

How the Sociability app puts accessibility on the map to help disabled people break down barriers

'I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job'
Tomasz Borys requires Access to Work support in his council job.
Access to work

'I cannot see a secure future if Access to Work continues to cap budgets. I could lose my job'

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Rachel and her sister Flo and their mother, who also stars in the show. Image: Ikin Yum
Theatre

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Would a quarter of workers really be better off 'swapping wages for benefits'?
Benefits

Would a quarter of workers really be better off 'swapping wages for benefits'?

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
benefits

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs

Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: 'I was sobbing'
Access to work

Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: 'I was sobbing'

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled sign
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'
Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Claire Fisher

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Lucy Webster

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Access to work

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: 'Why I'm learning sign language at 50-years-old'
Daniel Lustig-Webb

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: 'Why I'm learning sign language at 50-years-old'

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'
Jack at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Image: Arsenal in the Community
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'

Letters: It's anti-migrant 'protesters' that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters

Letters: It's anti-migrant 'protesters' that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that
Disability journalist, author and activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey outside the United Nations
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
disability benefits cuts protest
Mikey Erhardt

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'
DWP benefits protest
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'
Access to Work

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'