Young carer battling to get better equipment to help disabled passengers at Manchester Airport launches petition
Lauren Senior who is a full-time carer for her brother Jacob
7 Sep 2015
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Choice and control have plunged under Tories, say government figures
The government is facing an embarrassing slump in one of the key measures of the success of its disability strategy: the proportion of disabled people who feel they have choice and control in their lives.
5 Sep 2015
Research links borderline personality traits with lowered empathy
Those with borderline personality disorder, or BPD, a mental illness marked by unstable moods, often experience trouble maintaining interpersonal relationships. New research from the University of Georgia indicates that this may have to do with lowered brain activity in regions important for empathy in individuals with borderline personality traits.
MB
5 Sep 2015
My Child’s Disability Is Not a Tragedy
My daughter was zooming through the toy aisles at Wal-Mart with her walker; I was chasing her and asking her to stop or else there would be no Lala Loopsie. Actually, she had more of a run-run-glide thing going on. One of the workers was standing on a ladder arranging shelves and noticed; I was sure he was going to ask her to stop running, but instead, he looked down at me and said, "I am so so sorry she's like that." And his face was contorted with great pity and sadness. He thought my daughter's disability was a great tragedy.
1 Sep 2015
Are attitudes changing to the 1.4m people in the UK with a learning disability?
If you are among the approximately 1.4m children and adults in the UK born with a learning disability, it's likely that through no fault of your own you will experience a number of injustices in your life. From feeling largely invisible and isolated to being excluded from many of the activities that make life worth living - friendship, love, employment, leisure and further education - the chance of you living the kind of life you want to is vastly reduced if you have a learning disability.
1 Sep 2015
UCL and Mencap publish review of attitudes towards people with a learning disability
New analysis for the first time looks at research into public attitudes towards people with a learning disability
1 Sep 2015