Clear information about disability and your rights in the UK

Written in plain English, checked against official UK sources, and designed to work with screen readers, magnification, keyboard-only use, and your own colour and text choices.

This is information, not legal or medical advice. What you are entitled to depends on your own circumstances, and rules differ in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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What do you need today?

• Where do I start?

  A short guided set of questions that builds a personal plan of next steps, with official links and a checklist you can keep.

• Set up my dashboard

  Choose your nation and the topics you care about, and see the most relevant benefits, rights, services and events first. Saved on your device, no account needed.

• Check my rights

  Answer a few plain questions about work, education, housing, health or benefits and get the rights that apply where you live.

• Find benefits and financial support

  PIP, Adult Disability Payment, Universal Credit, Attendance Allowance, Access to Work, Blue Badge and Council Tax help.

• Get help with work

  Reasonable adjustments, Access to Work, disability-confident vacancies and a letter builder for asking for adjustments.

• I care for someone

  Carer's Allowance, carer's assessments, respite, emergency planning and support for young carers.

• Find local services

  Advocacy, advice, equipment, social care and peer support, by nation and region.

• Get around: accessible transport

  Wheelchair accessible taxis, community transport, Shopmobility, Rail Passenger Assist, buses, flights, ferries, Blue Badge and accessible parking.

• Read what other disabled people know

  Moderated lived-experience tips on appointments, benefits, access and daily life.

• Find accessible events

  Groups, training and Disability Pride events, with access details stated up front.

• Check access at a place before I go

  Accessible venue information and reviews from disabled people, with clearly labelled sources.

• Help with forms and letters

  How to fill in benefit forms, gather evidence, challenge a decision and write letters asking for adjustments.

• Keep track with my checklist

  Save the steps you need to take, add your own notes, and copy the list out whenever you need it.

• Read about a condition

  Plain-language guides to conditions and impairments, with sources and review dates.

Browse by topic

• Sensory

  Sight loss, hearing loss, deafblindness and sensory processing differences.

• Physical and mobility

  Conditions affecting movement, strength, dexterity or balance.

• Learning disability

  Lifelong differences in learning, understanding and everyday skills.

• Neurodivergence

  Autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Tourette's and related differences.

• Mental health

  Mental health conditions, including long-term and fluctuating ones.

• Chronic illness

  Long-term physical health conditions such as diabetes or MS.

• Pain and fatigue

  Conditions where pain, energy limits or post-exertional symptoms are central.

• Communication

  Speech, language, voice and augmentative communication needs.

• Multiple or complex disabilities

  More than one condition, or needs that cut across several services.

• Education and learning

  SEN/ALN/ASN support, EHC plans, exam access arrangements and support in college and university.

• Housing and adaptations

  Home adaptations, grants, homelessness protections and tenants' rights.

• Social care

  Needs assessments, care and support plans, direct payments and paying for care.

• Health and the NHS

  Reasonable adjustments in health services, mental health support and prescriptions.

• Equipment and technology

  Wheelchairs, hearing and vision aids, communication aids and assistive technology.

• Everyday life and access

  Shopping, banking, travel, voting and everyday communication support.

Start with your rights

• Employment
• Education
• Housing
• Transport and travel
• Healthcare
• Social care
• Benefits and financial support
• Discrimination
• Complaints and how to challenge decisions
• Goods and services: shops, venues and access
• Digital and website accessibility
• Disability hate crime and reporting
• Voting and elections accessibility
• Advocacy, mental capacity and decision-making

Other things you can do here

• Benefits and support checker

  Answer a few neutral questions and get a list of things you may want to check. It never decides whether you qualify.

• Plain-language glossary

  Short explanations of words used by services and the law.

• Saved articles

  Bookmarks are stored on this device for the prototype.

• Tell us what is wrong or missing

  Feedback and corrections help keep this information honest.

Recently updated

• Mobility impairment

  Information for people who use wheelchairs, walking aids, or who find moving around painful or tiring, including access rights in the UK.

• NHS Continuing Healthcare and continuing care equivalents

  What NHS Continuing Healthcare is, who might qualify, and how the equivalent fully NHS-funded care schemes work in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• Paying for care: financial assessments and charging across the nations

  How councils and trusts decide what you pay towards social care, including means testing, capital limits and how the rules differ across the UK.

• Direct payments, personal budgets and self-directed support

  How direct payments, personal budgets and Scotland's self-directed support options let you have more control over your social care arrangements.