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Winter Light Trail Goes Pole to Pole
Kew Wakehurst’s Glow Wild returns this festive season with another ambitious trail, taking visitors across uncharted waters to polar landscapes and into the wild. Running on selected evenings from Thursday 26 November to Saturday 2 January 2027, Glow Wild invites explorers of all ages to set out on an after-dark expedition for a night of discovery, spectacle and festive escapism near Haywards Heath in West Sussex. The one-mile-long trail is fully accessible and can be viewed
Sculptural Artist Wins Top Award
ActionSpace artist Linda Bell has been named as one of five visual artists to receive the 2026 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists. Linda, a London-based deaf, Autistic, and learning disabled artist, will receive £75,000 in recognition of her ambitious and distinctive sculptural practice. It marks a significant moment in her career, offering new creative possibilities and the opportunity to take her practice in new directions, including gaining her own studio, explo
Purpl Poll Highlights Struggle to Find Work
As the UK continues to grapple with unemployment and rising living costs, new polling this month from money-saving platform Purpl reveals the hidden costs disabled people are facing in struggling to access suitable employment. The data, from Purpl’s Facebook community group of over 7,000, has found that 83% of disabled people believe their disability has made it significantly more difficult to find suitable employment, and almost one in five (18%) disabled jobseekers say they
Children with SEND want to Hear a Story
A Calibre Audio survey has revealed an encouraging appetite among primary school children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for listening to stories. The national charity has been opening up the world of reading since 1974, supporting people with a print disability by providing access to over 25,000 audiobooks. Now Calibre Audio’s Assisted Reading with Audiobooks Project 2026 has highlighted that there’s an opportunity to help more children discover t
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Christmas Delivered: Help Us Give Someone Special a Christmas to Remember
Living with Disability wants to find one person who deserves a proper Christmas thank you. And we're going to deliver it, straight to their door... Christmas means different things to different people. For some, it's a house full of family and noise. For others, it's a quiet day with the people who matter most. However you spend it, we think everyone deserves the chance to make it special. That got us thinking. What if we didn't just talk about the spirit of Christmas this ye
Welfare Reviews Due This Month: Should Disabled People Fear Benefit Cuts?
Two government reviews that could reshape disability benefits are due to report this month, and every major party is hunting for savings. But the British public shows remarkably little appetite for cutting benefits for disabled people who cannot work... This month could prove a turning point for disability benefits. Two government reviews are due to report in November, one led by Alan Milburn into why so many young people are out of work and education, and one led by Sir Step
A Well of Knowledge
The UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, has launched the Information Hub, a new UK‑wide digital platform designed to provide trusted, practical, expert‑led information for young wheelchair users and the people who support them... Developed by Whizz Kidz, the Information Hub brings together reliable guidance on wheelchair skills, NHS wheelchair services, accessibility, equipment maintenance, community support, and independent living all in one place. The Hub direc
People Podcast: In Conversation with Ellie Mason
In the first of our new People Podcast series, our Publisher Allan talks to Ellie Mason, who contacted us because she's passionate about encouraging more people with disabilities to get involved in the arts... As we hear Ellie's story we'll discover just what a huge difference singing in a choir has made to her life - it's helped her build confidence, overcome challenges and open doors to exciting new opportunities. She's also developed a love of performing in front of the ca
More Than a Milestone: Is Reality TV Finally Getting Disability Representation Right?
From Strictly Come Dancing to The Traitors, and with a Paralympian set to make history on I'm A Celeb this month, disabled contestants are becoming a more familiar sight on our television screens. But is the industry really changing, or is there still a long way to go? For years, reality television has given us everything from unlikely romances and heated arguments to extraordinary sporting achievements and some truly unforgettable personalities. But when it comes to disabili
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Top Ten Accessible National Trust Sites for a Great Day Out
Exploring the UK's heritage should be for everyone, and the National Trust has made real progress on accessibility in recent years. It shows in the detail: shuttle buses, mobility equipment, step-free routes and staff who understand what a good day out actually requires. But no two properties are the same... Older buildings and countryside settings will always come with some limitations that cannot simply be designed away, whatever the intentions behind them. What makes these
A Ticket to Ride
Eligible disabled people in England will be able to travel on buses for free all day, every day, when time restrictions on concessionary passes are lifted in April 2027... The move is seen by the government as helping to open up access to workplaces, education, training, and other opportunities as well as giving people breathing space on the cost of living and putting money back in people’s pockets. Backed by £60 million of funding, the time restrictions are to be lifted next
Superhero Seb’s Superpower
In a world that often seems filled with bad news, one remarkable young man is changing thousands of lives - one good deed at a time... Sebbie Hall is the boy who has turned kindness into a superpower by carrying out an act of kindness every single day since the Covid-19 lockdown began in March 2020. He did one yesterday and he will do one today. And the 23-year-old will do one tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the day after that, just to make somebody happy and to see them
When the Light Goes: Finding Your Way to Keep Moving Through Winter
Shorter days, slippery pavements and a mood that sinks with the sun can make winter feel very long. Here are gentle, realistic ways to keep moving, and to look after your head as well as your body... There is a moment every November when you notice it is dark by half past four, and seems to have been getting dark since lunchtime. For some people that is a mild irritation. For others it marks the start of a long, heavy season. Your writer is firmly in the second camp: someone
Try a Trail!
National Trails UK is a charity that exists to champion and strengthen the UK’s 21 National Trails and inspire more people to use them as a gateway to the great outdoors... Following the opening of two new trails this year, Kate Conway, Senior Communications Manager for National Trails, told LWD about the charity’s work to improve access. In March, the King Charles III England Coast Path launched, creating a continuous route of nearly 2,700 miles around England’s coastline.
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The Best Speech-to-Text Apps for People with Limited Mobility in 2026
If you have ever spent twenty minutes typing an email that took three minutes to think of, because your hands had other ideas, then speech-to-text technology is not a novelty. It is a practical necessity... The Main Options in 2026 Windows Voice Access and Voice Typing (Free, Windows 11) Windows 11 includes two tools that are often confused with each other, and the distinction matters. Voice Typing, opened with the Windows key and H, dictates text into any field on your scree
Block Coding Breakthrough
For the first time, more than 41,000 blind and visually impaired children in the UK could benefit from a breakthrough that will make block coding accessible for them... New screen reader compatibility has been launched in Microsoft MakeCode, removing barriers that have long prevented many blind and low vision pupils from taking part in block-based coding alongside their classmates. Developed in partnership with Micro:bit Educational Foundation and the Blockly team at the Rasp
Christmas Delivered: Help Us Give Someone Special a Christmas to Remember
Living with Disability wants to find one person who deserves a proper Christmas thank you. And we're going to deliver it, straight to their door... Christmas means different things to different people. For some, it's a house full of family and noise. For others, it's a quiet day with the people who matter most. However you spend it, we think everyone deserves the chance to make it special. That got us thinking. What if we didn't just talk about the spirit of Christmas this ye
Question of the Week: W/C 9th November
We want to get to know our fantastic community more, so every week we're asking a new question we'd love you to get involved with - just put your answer in the comments! This week's question is: What's the biggest accessibility problem where you live? Uneven pavements, inaccessible shops, poor public transport and a lack of suitable toilets can all make getting out more difficult. What is the biggest accessibility problem in your local area, and what would you like to see cha
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