[New] The UK has a strong record of including people with disabilities in its development programmes and policies, yet experience shows that without explicit attention and recognition to people furthest behind, development agendas risk repeating past shortcomings.
Bond | The international development network
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development will now only consider animals trained to provide disability-related assistance as reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act, excluding untrained emotional support animals from most complaints.
Access Information News
The federal laws underlying funding for K-12 students with disabilities remain intact, and Trump has proposed a modest increase in annual funding for special education for 2027.
Education Week
The Disabled American Veterans organization warns about a new congressional proposal that could cut benefits for up to 1.5 million veterans and reduce disability compensation payments to them by as much as $57 billion in just the next 10 years.
SOF News
Many disability advocates fear that moving the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to the Department of Health and Human Services will reinforce stigma by associating disability with an agency dealing largely in health care and medical issues.
New America
The special education move, while not inherently catastrophic, threatens to place federal staffers in a workplace culture that clashes with their current focus on disability services.
Education Week
As the U.S. Department of Education continues to transfer responsibilities to other agencies, disability advocates are concerned that special education could be up next.
Disability Scoop
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change reckons annual spending on health and disability benefits for working-age adults will rise to £73.4 billion by 2030. / UK
Spiked
Astronaut With Physical Disability: The U.K. Space Agency is partnering with Vast to fund a 2027 mission to the Haven-1 station, where John McFall will become the first astronaut with a physical disability to study prosthetics and human adaptation in orbit.
sdnetworkwi.org
Two new neuroinclusive neighborhoods are under construction in Oakland County, Michigan, aiming to create homeownership opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Access Information News
As AV deployments attract growing attention from disability advocates and federal regulators in the US, Waymo's approach could become a reference point in policy discussions about accessibility requirements for commercial autonomous passenger vehicles.
Automotive World
Congress is weighing a sweeping slate of legislation that could reshape how millions of U.S. veterans access health care and disability benefits.
Newsweek
Public colleges, K-12 schools, local governments and other public institutions will have an extra year to make their digital materials fully accessible for people with disabilities.
NPR
A federal regulation unveiled in June could reshape how airlines serve passengers with disabilities, marking a watershed moment for accessible air travel in the United States.
Jetsetter Guide
Two of the U.S. Department of Education's biggest responsibilities will shift to other federal agencies: safeguarding student civil rights and administering programs for students with disabilities.
NPR
The Education Department office that oversees special education and employment programs for adults with disabilities will move to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Education Week
Last updated: 03 August 2026
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