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Funding Boost for Ground-Breaking Power Chair

Centaur Robotics has been given a cash boost to bring its ground-breaking self-balancing power chair to market. The UK based...

Academy for Disabled Journalists

Are you a disabled person looking for a new career? Are you passionate about writing? Could journalism be your next journey?...

Parallel’s Partners Backing Windsor 2024

National inclusive sports event and festival Parallel Windsor is back and Living with Disability is proud to support this year’s event as...

Disabled Youngster Takes Centre Stage at Royal Albert Hall

A youngster born with 2% of his brain, giving doctors little hope for his future, this week performed at the Royal Albert Hall. Noah Wall...

Music Gigs Live to Your Living Room

Music from top quality artists, gig-quality sound and no queue at the bar became an online hit with audiences during the Covid-19...

A Craic of a Tribute to The Dubliners

It took less than a minute from curtain up for the audience at ‘Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of the Dubliners’ to be clapping,...

Chris Tarrant Under Starter’s Orders for Charity Event

TV presenter Chris Tarrant will host a night of bookies and betting in aid of a Berkshire disability charity. Swings & Smiles will be...

Full Steam Ahead for Changing Places Toilet

The iconic heritage railway station at Ravenglass in Cumbria is the latest location for a Changing Places facility. The new fully...

Ryan’s Marathon Challenge for Phab Charity

Elite global runner Ryan McGuire will take part in the TCS London Marathon this weekend to raise awareness of the charity Phab. As the...

Nail-Biting Finish to National Blind Football League Season

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) football team has won the National Blind Football League. In a competitive season it went...

Visually Impaired Teenager Completes Landmark Run

Visually impaired student Gareth Mainwaring has raised more than £1,000 for his local Goalball Club and Goalball UK. The 17-year-old...

Arm Crank Exercise Volunteers with Spinal Cord Injury Wanted

A research group from the University of Birmingham needs volunteers with a spinal cord injury (SCI) for its latest home-based exercise...

A Very Little Big Thing for Olivier Award Winner

Congratulations to Amy Trigg who won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical award at last night’s prestigious Olivier Awards....

Disabled Woman Learns to Fly from Home

A 56-year-old disabled woman from London is learning to fly on her computer with Aerobility’s Virtual Aviation Experience (VAE). Yvonne,...

Haptic Shirts Help Deaf Football Fans Feel the Noise

Deaf fans and fans with hearing loss of Newcastle United FC will experience the atmosphere of a live football match for the first time...

‘Running on Empty’ Raises Awareness of Parkinson’s

It took Guy Deacon 12 months, five vehicle breakdowns and one emergency evacuation to drive 18,000 miles, through 25 countries, from his...

Blind Man Running into Marathon Record Book

Mark Rogerson is set to become the first person with sight loss in Europe to complete the six World Marathon Majors, the most prestigious...

'Red Pitch' Stages Winning Replay @Sohoplace

To paraphrase ex-Liverpool manager Bill Shankley, ‘some people think football is life and death – I can assure you it’s much, much more...

Wish People Could See Inside Your Mind?

Following the success of his award-winning BBC Two series ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’, naturalist and presenter Chris Packham is looking...

Afternoon Tea Raises £8K for Learning Disability Charity

An event hosted by the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire raised £8,000 in donations towards a charity’s £15 million target to build new...