Visible Difference: The Equality Act Clause Nobody Quotes
If you have a significant scar, birthmark, skin condition or facial difference, the Equality Act protects you automatically — no need to prove your life is limited by it. Almost nobody knows the clause exists, including the people discriminating.
Tourette’s in Public: Tics, Stares and Being Asked to Leave
Being removed from a cinema, challenged by security or reported to the police for tics you cannot control is disability discrimination — and it happens to people with Tourette’s constantly. Here is the law, and the cards, cues and scripts that make going out easier.
Your Vote, Your Booth: Disabled People and the Ballot Box
Polling stations up steps, ballot papers you cannot read, and a long history of disabled people being helped to vote by other people’s choices. The rules changed in 2022 — mostly for the better — and here is what you can now insist on.
The EHCP Battle: Getting a Disabled Child the Education They’re Owed
The system for supporting disabled children at school runs on deadlines most parents are never told and refusals most parents never challenge — even though appeals succeed in the overwhelming majority of cases. Here is the process, the deadlines, and where the pressure points are.
Disability Hate Crime: Naming It, Reporting It, Being Believed
The slur from a passing car, the “joke” that follows you down the aisle, the neighbour who makes the street feel unsafe, the online pile-on. Much of it is criminal, most of it is never reported, and the reporting routes are wider than people think.
Locked Out Online: Inaccessible Websites and Your Rights
Everything moved online — booking, banking, benefits, parking. So when a website cannot be used with a screen reader or a keyboard, that is not a technical niggle: it is a locked door. The law covers this, and hardly anyone uses it.
The Inaccessible NHS: When Healthcare Itself Is the Barrier
Fixed-height examination tables, letters you cannot read, phone-only booking, and symptoms dismissed as “part of your disability”. The NHS has legal duties most patients have never been told about — including the Accessible Information Standard.
The Wheelchair Space on the Bus: What the Law Says After Paulley
One wheelchair space, a buggy in it, and a driver who says there is nothing they can do. A Supreme Court case settled part of this in 2017 — here is what drivers must actually do now.
Assistance Dogs: The Refusals That Are Still Illegal
Assistance dog owners are still turned away from taxis, restaurants and shops every week — despite it being unlawful, and in the case of taxis, a criminal offence. Here’s the law and how to use it.
The Equality Act 2010 in Plain English: What Counts as Discrimination?
The Equality Act 2010 is the single most useful law a disabled person in Britain can know. Here it is without the legalese: who it covers, what “reasonable adjustments” really means, and how to use it.