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Disability and development: our voices must be heard

For many people with disabilities across the world, development through education or programmes just isn’t available or accessible to them.…

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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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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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‘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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And this year’s winner of the Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs is…

James King of Oliver James Garden Rooms! Last Thursday night at the Millenium Gloucester Hotel in South Kensington, some of…

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Reasonable adjustments?

This Tuesday saw the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, a great opportunity to take a look at where we…

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Brakes applied to PIP introduction

Fleur Perry, a member of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign’s Trailblazers shares this topical article about recent developments with the controversial…

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Choosing a wheelchair for sporting activities

Living with disability no longer has to be a barrier to competitive involvement in sport – the 2012 London Paralympic…

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The need for investment in social care

Did you recently read or hear about David Weir and his housing situation? Despite his huge success he still lives…

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Celebrating all children: autism and disability in China

New Disability Horizons contributor, Meghan Hussey, talks about disability in China and how it relates to UNICEF’s annual report The…

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