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Tackle the topics and issues related to the work we do with this hub of news articles about Difference and disability rights in the North East. 

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Report 2026 Disabled Northeast: A disabled woman navigating a pavement with accessibility barriers in Darlington town centre

Access to the Everyday Report 2026: What Disabled People in the North East Are Telling Us

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February 12, 2026
Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

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January 27, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

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January 13, 2026

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Changing Places

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November 15, 2022
Top Tips on Digital Accessibility. Illustration of a group of people each holding a diofferent piece of a circle. The group is moving to reassemble the circle with the pieces.

Five Top Tips on Digital Accessibility

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November 1, 2022

Costs of Living

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October 26, 2022

Asking for Reasonable Adjustments From the NHS

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August 24, 2022

Creative Careers: Equal access to Working in the Arts

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March 22, 2022

Disabled People & AI

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January 5, 2022

Disability History Month

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November 17, 2021
An illustration of 3 figures sat around a table. one figure is presenting, two figures are sat typing at laptops discussing if the Disability Confident Scheme Working

What’s the problem with reasonable adjustments?

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October 4, 2021

Disabled people in the North East are being let down

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September 15, 2021
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True Cost of Gluten-Free Living. Collage of images from the BBC segment about the NHS consultation. Image is colourise yellow, blue and purple.

How a Proposed NHS Change Shows the True Cost of Gluten-Free Living

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September 16, 2025
5 big ideas Accessible Transport. A bus in front of the angel of the north. Discover five big ideas from Sustrans and Transport for All to make transport more inclusive for disabled people. See how Difference North East is shaping transport planning in the Tees Valley and beyond.

5 Big Ideas to Make Transport Accessible for Disabled People

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September 5, 2025
Your Voice Shapes Change - Disability Survey, A stylized graphic featuring a hand holding a marker and ticking a checkbox next to a smiling face on a feedback survey with three options: happy, neutral, and sad faces. The background is a purple grid overlay with a faint image of disabled activists in wheelchairs, smiling and raising their hands. In the bottom left corner, text reads: “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and “Difference NE.”

Your Voice Shapes Change: North East Disability Survey Open Until August 31st

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August 1, 2025
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A pink step free access sign is displayed on some grass

Step-Free This Way

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December 23, 2022

Creative Careers: Equal access to Working in the Arts

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March 22, 2022
An illustration of 3 figures sat around a table. one figure is presenting, two figures are sat typing at laptops discussing if the Disability Confident Scheme Working

What’s the problem with reasonable adjustments?

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October 4, 2021
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