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Action for kids: enabling disabled youngsters to be independent

Listen Sally Bishop, founder of Action For Kids, talks to Disability Horizons about the national charity and its work to support disabled children and young people in finding greater levels of independence through providing specialist mobility equipment, as well as work-related learning and family support. What inspired you to start Action for Kids? My own [...]

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Tilly Smiles: inspiring disabled children

Listen Following on from the inspiring story of how twelve-year-old, Tilly Griffiths, never lets her disability get in the way of adventure, we’re thrilled to hear about Tilly’s book, Tilly Smiles, and how she hopes it will encourage other disabled children to be adventurous. Despite having Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Tilly has never said that it [...]

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Do you have a disabled hero?

Listen New Disability Horizons contributor, Peter Street, tells us about his new book, “A Kind of Village”, and how this touching story reflects his own experiences. The world needs heroes. They make us feel good and they give us inspiration. Sadly our films and books are mostly made up with able-bodied heroes: John Wayne, Angelina [...]

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