Year: 2014
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News
Disability and poverty: what are the minimum standards of living?
With the cost of living rising and the squeeze being felt by the nation, the topic is rarely out of…
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Travel & Holidays
Rolling around London
Cory Lee is a traveller and adventurer from the US who recently visited London after winning a competition to watch…
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Lifestyle
Guest post: eye testing at home – a social responsibility
Most of us think nothing of walking into our high street opticians to get our sight tested or to pick…
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News
Making waves: taking the adult respite campaign to Parliament
At the beginning of last year, Robert Watson wrote for us about how respite care for people over 21 is…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
A guide to cycling with special needs
Today we have a guest post written by Quest 88, manufacturers of adapted cycles. Here they do a review of…
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News
‘Bedroom Tax’ letting disabled people go hungry
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 was introduced in March of that year to try to remedy the global financial crisis…
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Travel & Holidays
Accessibility in Dubai: the great, the good, the bad and the annoying
Dubai sounds like a luxurious place to jet off to. But how accessible is it? Disability Horizons Co-editor Srin Madipalli…
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Relationships & Sex
The Undateables: what’s it doing for disabled people?
Today sees the return of Channel 4′s disability dating show, The Undateables, a programme that follows a group of disabled people during…
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Work & Education
Job shadowing at CNN: encouraging talent no matter what your disability
Ever wanted to work in television? Well now you might be able to, as CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting,…
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Lifestyle
New Year’s resolutions: to keep or not to keep
As a new year dawns, many of you will be making New Year’s resolutions. But Sarah Ismail tells us why…
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