disability

Chatting to our kids shapes their understanding of the world they live in. When we talk to our kids about disabilities from a young age, we’re sowing the seeds of an inclusive worldview that takes issues surrounding disabilities and accessibility into consideration. Disability Together, a non-profit created and run by disabled people aiming to educate […]

3 years ago

A petition has been set up to remove her from the platform A TikToker has been on the receiving end of a huge backlash after she compared disabled children to “vegetables.” In a now-deleted livestream, Kerrie Essex Baker, from Crewe, made the awful comments alongside her husband Darren. In the stream, she said that the […]

3 years ago

Mia was diagnosed at 18 months. After 20 years of fighting for better autism services in Ireland for his daughter Mia, Keith Duffy is over the moon that his hard work has paid off. Being given access to the same experiences despite her autism diagnosis, Mia is currently in her fourth year at university studying […]

4 years ago

Disgraceful behaviour. A mum has expressed her disgust after her estranged in-laws invited two of her children to a party they were hosting – but said they’d pay for her disabled child to stay behind. Taking to Mumsnet to express her anger at the situation, the mum-of-three wanted to know if she was overreacting in […]

4 years ago

Damn right he is. A young boy born with only one arm has a message for the grown adults who stare at him, take pictures of him and call him “weird”: regardless of their behaviour, he knows he’s awesome. Four-year-old Callum Sweeney, from Glasgow, was born missing his right arm from just below the shoulder […]

5 years ago

“She fights every single day to survive so why should she have to fight for her basic right to education?” A mother has vowed to fight for her child’s right to education after she was told her daughter with special needs would be unable to start Montessori school on Monday. Tracy Carroll, from just outside […]

5 years ago