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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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Dogs fighting underneath the table over scraps

Why Isn’t Access Prioritised?

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August 23, 2026
Disabled climate action forum: A cup of coffee with plant Earth inside with the writing DCAF on it

Who Turned Off the Lights? Disabled People & Power Outages

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June 23, 2026
Living Library Disability History Month. Black-and-white photograph of members of the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) protesting in the street in 1995, with wheelchair users and other disabled activists gathered beside a double-decker bus. The image has a grainy documentary style with bright yellow, cyan, and pink colour overlays, giving it a bold, archival activist poster aesthetic.

Living Library Disability History Month 2025-2027. Were you there in 1995?

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May 22, 2026

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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

Newsletter August 2021

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August 24, 2021
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Three colleagues are at work, they are smiling and talking.

Have you booked your Disability History Month speaker yet?

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October 7, 2025
Difference North East Shortlisted for Social Impact: We are thrilled to announce that Difference North East has been shortlisted for Social Impact Business of the Year in the Tees Valley Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Awards 2025.

Difference North East Shortlisted for Social Impact Business of the Year

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October 1, 2025
Autumn Budget Disabled People The chancellor stands holding the red budget box. overlaid people in a crowd holding protest signs that read "THESE CUTS WILL KILL" and "PIP = 0% FRAUD," with a purple tint over the image.

Add your name: Tell the Chancellor disabled people must not pay the price in the Autumn Budget

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October 1, 2025
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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

More self-isolation?

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March 24, 2020
Percy Hedley Foundation logo

Reflections on Work & Life as a Disabled Person

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April 13, 2018
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