duchenne muscular dystrophy

How to fundraise if you have a disability

04/09/2020

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Stephanie, who has congenital muscular dystrophy, recently raised more than £700 for Muscular Dystrophy UK from her home. Find out…

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The Anarchic Cripple: standing up to bigotry for everyone

05/03/2018

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Disability Horizons writer Raya AlJadir speaks to disability activist and blogger JD Weaver, who campaigns for the rights of not…

Entertainment & Culture

A life worth living: pushing the limits of Duchenne

07/02/2013

The film A life worth living: pushing the limits of Duchenne is the story of academic, activist and now film…

Entertainment & Culture

Disability photography: Changing the world one photograph at a time

23/02/2012

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New Disability Horizons contributor, Emily Alecock, is a photographer specialising in the positive promotion of disability. She tells us how…

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