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Relationships & Sex
Disability and intimacy: learning to love your body
We all need a level of intimacy – being able to talk, touch, hold hands, hug, kiss or even be…
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Entertainment & Culture
Sparsh Shah: the 15-year-old rapper with brittle bones
Sparsh Shah is a 15-year-old rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, USA. He was born with Osteogenesis…
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Lifestyle
Mark Lane: Gardeners’ World’s first presenter in a wheelchair
Garden landscape designer and writer Mark Lane is the UK’s first disabled presenter to join the long-running BBC Gardeners’ World team. He…
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Travel & Holidays
Disability and travel: accessible Portugal and Lisbon
Back in July, we heard from sisters Daniela and Rita, founders of Portugal 4all Senses, as they rounded up the top 10 accessible attractions…
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Lifestyle
Using my experiences with disability to help others
Julie Moss hasn’t had it easy. A turbulent childhood and catalogue of illnesses meant she struggled to find peace and…
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Work & Education
Step and Stone: a Bristol-based bakery training people with learning disabilities
Disabled people are twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people, and only one in every 16 people with…
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News
Living through austerity with a learning disability
As Theresa May promises to end austerity, we hear from the author of Austerity’s Victims, a book that looks at…
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News
How assistive technology can support dyslexia
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week (1st of October – 7th October), which is organised by the British Dyslexia Association.…
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Work & Education
Making changes toward inclusive employment for disabled people
We all know that finding work if you have a disability can be tricky. But some businesses are starting to…
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Travel & Holidays
Disability and travel: why Berlin and Hamburg are definitely worth visiting
Disability Horizons writer Wolf, a wheelchair user from New Zealand, has set off on a four-month-long trip to a number…
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