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'I think being a wheelchair user allowed clients and families to see me in a different perspective and feel more at home.'
By Steve RyanMost people assume that technology is a game-changer for children with disabilities. Using it helps kids to walk faster, whe...
A 2013 inquiry into the deaths of 247 adults and children with intellectual disability in England and Wales found women with intellectual...
Rachel Johnson is a Hollywood animator producing stop-motion films that fall decidedly outside the celebrity culture of her town.Her late...
When we walked in to Nova's Ark camp this morning there was a large black pig sleeping on the lawn beside a pen with dozens of guinea pig...
The last year has been tough for Ben. He often acted out at school where the demands seemed too much. Outside of school his world seemed ...
When I was at university (yes, decades ago!) I think I felt that I was somehow "responsible" for my intelligence. That I'd made a choice ...
Imagine my surprise and delight when I received this story by Eric Fischer, dad to Segev, 15, in Israel. Many of you know Eric as the aut...
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