Running man – Pistorius is back!
Following a brush with near death in a boating accident, Oscar Pistorius talks to Paul Carter about getting his life and career back on track
Latest News
Government fails to deliver on cash promise
Disabled children are being let down by the NHS, a report has claimed
Pre-pay meter users "overcharged"
Millions of disabled consumers could have been overcharged for their gas and electricity by energy companies, a housing group has claimed
One cheer for rights convention ratification
Disabled campaigners say they feel let down despite the Government's ratification yesterday of a United Nations convention which promotes human rights for disabled people
Adults with autism lose out on support
Hundreds of thousands of adults with autism do not receive proper support, a report has found
Special Feature
Festival fever
This weekend Disability Now reporters will be “tweeting” live from Glastonbury Festival, divulging all the gossip from reviews of the best and worst performances, accessibility (including all-important updates on the amount of mud!) to interviews with musicians and organisers
Editorial
The impairment conundrum
Shortly after I became Editor of this magazine, a fellow journalist suggested that, in referring to how we, as disabled people with a variety of impairments work together, I might have indulged in what they referred to as “impairment-based, medical model journalism”. My somewhat testy response to that was, well, if we can’t talk about our impairments, who can.
