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Entertainment & Culture
The British Paraorchestra: recruiting new talent
This is an updated post from our archives: The British Paraorchestra, now known simply as Paraorchestra, continues to thrive as…
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Entertainment & Culture
Down’s Syndrome actor Tommy Jessop stars in award-winning crime drama Innocence
Tommy Jessop is an award-winning British actor with Down’s Syndrome, who has played in Hamlet, Line of Duty Holby City…
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Lifestyle
A forward look – why choice in social care is paramount in the years ahead
Leonard Cheshire looks at why choice and control for disabled people in social care is so important, and why it…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
How the face mask exemptions have divided opinion – even between disabled people
Our writer Raya, who can't wear a face mask because of a respiratory condition, looks at the backlash disabled people…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Cerebral palsy: why a soft diet is perfect for me
Simon Stevens, who has cerebral palsy, has found that a soft food diet works perfectly for him. But he's had…
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Lifestyle
8 misconceptions about visual impairment and blindness busted
Blogger Holly, who is registered blind, has come across lots of preconceived notions about visual impairments and blindness, so here…
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Entertainment & Culture
Viewing disability and difference through the eye of a lens
This is an updated post from our archives. Photographer Claire Gilliam shares her 15-year journey of using self-portraiture to explore…
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Relationships & Sex
6 biggest misconceptions about dating someone who is deaf
Like anyone else with a disability, deaf people are the same as everyone else. Here, we bust 6 misconceptions about…
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Lifestyle
Disability and motherhood: the choice mothers make
This is an updated post from our archives. The article explores the complex emotions and societal judgments faced by mothers…
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Lifestyle
Using blogging and speaking to raise awareness of disabilities
Hannah, a blogger with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, uses blogging to raise awareness of what it's like living with an…
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