Disability Reform News Today

Proposed changes to disability allowance payments included establishment of a three-tiered system

The proposal would have created a tier system for Disability Allowance.

Campaigners fear some disabled people could be forced to work when they cannot.

Campaigners say a state medical assessment plan that aims to “categorise” people with disabilities based on their ability to work is “Dickensian” and puts people’s mental health at risk.

A large crowd of campaigners have taken to the streets of Ennis this lunchtime calling for a permanent end to the inequality facing the disabled community.

Proposed changes to how Ukrainians fleeing war are given shelter generates strong blowback from Fianna Fáil

The NDIA has today released a new Psychosocial Disability Recovery-Oriented Framework, supporting participants living with psychosocial disability in

October and december didnt get through. so the va has to do better there and they have to reform the way they do bureaucracy across-the-board. we will be fighting for disability reform all next week, cutting through that red tape and making sure our veterans get the benefits they deserve. >> do you think it is a lack of manpower in the va, infrastructure in the military to deal with the influx of veterans coming home? is that it? >> manpower is one part of it ed, but also about innovation. they ...