Double Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft (coach: Jenni Banks) received her MBE at Buckingham Palace from his Royal Highness Prince Charles on 17th May. [Read more...]
Cockroft Receives MBE
May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Wheelchair user docked disability allowance
May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Man missed signing on as cars were parked illegally in disabled bay. [Read more...]
Middlesbrough artist’s world acclaimed exhibition on disability goes abroad
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Artist Simon McKeown whose world-renowned 3D exhibition depicting Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is to be shown in Prague.
AN artist’s 3D exhibition about disability which features Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson is to go on display in one the world’s most famous art galleries. [Read more...]
Victoria Bacon on Disability Living Allowance: Don’t lose sight of my niece Pollyanna
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The smiling child you see in this photograph is Pollyanna, my eight-year-old niece. As well as her lovely smile, you will also notice that Pollyanna has only one “full” leg. The bottom of her right leg was severed a few weeks after her second birthday, after she was involved in a collision with a London bus. Elizabeth, her grandmother and my mother, was killed by the same bus. [Read more...]
Disability Sport Wales: Record number playing, figures show
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Paralympian discus champ Aled Davies has said he would like to compete against able-bodied athletes
More disabled people in Wales are taking part in sport than ever, according to new figures. [Read more...]
Disability benefit assessments ‘unfair’, says ex-worker
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A doctor who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits says its methods are “unfair”. [Read more...]
Scientists discover a link between epilepsy and autism for the first time
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A link between epilepsy and autism has been discovered for the first time. Breakthrough research from the University of Bath found adults with epilepsy have higher traits of autism and Asperger syndrome. It found epileptic seizures disrupt the neurological function that affects social functioning in brains, resulting in the same traits seen in autism. [Read more...]
