Our vision - To create a society where disabled people have equal power, rights and equality of opportunity.
Our mission - We campaign for the rights of all disabled people to be included in every aspect of life. We bring the lived experiences of disabled people to everything we do. We challenge policy makers, institutions and individuals to remove the barriers that exist for us.
The Disability Rights UK policy team are taking action on the following areas:
Benefits
Poverty
Education
Energy costs
Employment
Social care
Housing
Political under-representation
Public transport
Climate change
Disability hate crime
Rights and justice
We have several helplines within Disability Rights UK that provide information on a variety of issues.
Disability Rights UK prides itself on its high quality information provision developed by and for disabled people. This combination of fact sheets and guides provide basic information about benefits, tax credits, social care and other disability related issues for claimants and advisers.