Year: 2018
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Work & Education
The Four Biscuits: a bakery run by women with Down’s syndrome
At the start of Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week and ahead of Worlds Down’s Syndrome Day on 21st March, we hear…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Top disability sports: how you can take part
When we think of disability sports we think often of Paralympics. However, you do not need to be the next…
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Work & Education
VIDEO interview: how to find a job if you’re disabled
In our latest video interview, Disability Horizons Co-founder Martyn Sibley talks to Jane Hatton, who runs Evenbreak, a job site dedicated…
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Lifestyle
10 things a disabled person needs to know about their mother
A mother’s love is strong and unbreakable. She’s usually your biggest fan. But as a disabled person, do you worry…
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Relationships & Sex
Speaking out about body confidence and disability as a stroke survivor
My name is Anna Smith Higgs. I am a stroke survivor, burlesque dancer and activist for disability and sex. I…
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News
The Anarchic Cripple: standing up to bigotry for everyone
Disability Horizons writer Raya AlJadir speaks to disability activist and blogger JD Weaver, who campaigns for the rights of not…
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Work & Education
Making a difference for disabled people with my own business
Daniel Williams, an entrepreneur with a visual impairment, started his own company, Visualise Training and Consultancy, to increase awareness of the…
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Work & Education
Learning disabilities represented on New Year’s Honours List
36-year-old Scott Watkin, an eye care and vision development officer for the charity SeeAbility, is one of this year’s deserving…
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Lifestyle
Home, Design and Build Summit: a step forward for accessibility
In 2018, accessibility is still an issue in the UK and, in fact, the world. Approximately one in five people…
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Entertainment & Culture
A funny one-woman show about disabled king Richard III
Next month sees the reimagining of Richard III – a king with scoliosis who was vilified by Shakespeare. But what…
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