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For Immediate Release  Fear and anger across Wales as UK Government’s heartless cuts to disability benefits slashes support and regresses rights  A week after the UK Government published its Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, the Chancellor confirmed in her Spring Statement plans for devastating cuts to disability […]

We understand that the proposed benefit cuts are causing significant concern amongst the disabled community, and we want to reassure you that you are not alone. We stand in solidarity with disabled people across Wales in challenging these potential changes. The UK Government’s Green Paper was published on Tuesday 18th March: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits […]

Disability Wales welcomes the discussion by the Senedd Petitions Committee earlier this week (March 10) on making Blue Badges lifelong for individuals with lifelong diagnoses. This petition highlights the lesser-known provision that reassessment is not always required, yet its inconsistent implementation across local authorities creates confusion. An information request conducted by STAND North Wales – […]

DW welcomes the Senedd Equality Committee’s Report on the Disability Employment Gap in Wales which is currently 31%. We agree with the Committee’s finding that ‘too many disabled people face unnecessary barriers to employment in Wales today’ and that progress in tackling these is ‘too slow’. DW gave evidence to the Committee and we fully […]

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and an opportunity to remember all those who died in the Holocaust and other genocides around the world. Disabled people were amongst those who were first targeted by the Nazi regime, with hundreds of thousands being subject to […]

The end of a year always sparks a period of reflection and we certainly aren’t resisting this opportunity to take a look back at the past twelve months. 2024 has been a challenging time for DW with an organisation restructure seeing us waving goodbye to two valued members of staff. However, we have continued to […]

Disability Wales (DW) gave evidence at the Senedd on Monday 14th Oct in response to the Equality and Social Justice Committee inquiry into ‘Disability and Employment’. DW issued an urgent call for the Welsh Government to publish its long-awaited draft Disability Rights Action Plan drawing on the extensive work of the Disability Rights Taskforce which met […]

Disability Wales stands in solidarity with the British Deaf Association (BDA) in expressing deep disappointment at Qualifications Wales’ decision to drop the introduction of a British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE in Wales. This decision represents a missed opportunity to promote inclusivity and equality for Deaf individuals and the wider BSL community across the country. BSL […]

Calling all our members! As stated in our recent stakeholder announcement, Disability Wales is undertaking a change programme which will redesign and redevelop the organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose in the future. A key part of this programme is ensuring that our members voices are heard, which will help inform our […]

Disability Wales is undertaking a change programme which will redesign and redevelop the organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose in the future. Disability Wales (DW) along with other voluntary organisations is working in a fast-changing world. This is challenging and we need to respond positively. As such we have been looking at […]