The intrinsic value of education for human and social progress has been well researched and discussed. Since access to high paid professions and…

A few years ago my wife and I decided to relocate to Brighton to live nearer to my wife’s family. Immediately after this…

When Dave Scates had to ask a potential employer to carry his wheelchair into a job interview, he realised working for…

I was born 6 weeks premature , and as a result of this my lungs had not fully developed. My…

Jameela Jamil set up Why Not People as a way of providing accessible music events to disabled people, who are too often excluded….

(Since Ben was two we had been living in a very beautiful area of rural France where I had managed to establish a…

EasyJet launches summer collection to raise vital funds for Unicef’s work for children Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/C8Sx13rJZcc

New Years Eve After spending the day visiting Angkor Wat and being blown away by the temples and scenery, it was now the evening…

Ron, all the way into his 30s, had a happy life; a full time job, a house,…

A little collage I made of Sunday Sept. 27th game at Rossmore Leisure Centre, Poole. Featuring current and ex Team GB players Luke White,…

My name is Neal Crowley. I am from Dagenham in Essex. I have Cerebral Palsy. I used…

In the late eighties, I joined a shared office, where screens were introduced to solve noise problems. I noticed that I could no…

Today we would be visiting Angkor Wat, the whole reason that Siem Reap has developed…

I am not quite sure how best to start my first attempt at blogging. I feel oddly calm and open, even though I…

Part 2/ Day 2 Today was going to be a day of rest and chilling out, Johan our hotel owner told us about a…

My name is Tobi. I’m a 29-year-old boy from Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. I have been suffering from muscular dystrophy since birth. Despite my…

Megan was just 12 years old when diagnosed with…

As Trevor Palmer, a disabled full-time wheelchair user, watched the TV coverage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, he saw what…

When British umpire Martin Etheridge, called ‘game, set, match’ on the deciding doubles rubber in the Quad’s World Team Cup final between USA…

He tools around the kitchen in his bulky electric wheelchair, and though David doc Robertson is no longer a promising fleet footed athlete…

Given that I couldn’t attend a recognized School of Journalism, I graduated from the Literature and Foreign Language University summa cum laude, because…

Disability is something that most travellers don’t think about when they are on the road. So how would you cope getting around, if…

Is it every day that you see someone playing games with their feet? Well… here is a video showing my great talent of…

I don’t let having cerebral palsy get in my way. I have a degree in computer science and two jobs; I live independently…

So Apple Inc. said ‘it’s our most personal device yet…’ A great quote for a great piece of technology. I have at the age…

As far as I can remember being an autistic 5 year old was very confusing and I couldn’t remember anything that was going…

I have wanted to return to Thailand for many years now as I had been there twice before my accident and it’s a…

I was involved in an accident a month before my 18th birthday, this resulted in me being paralysed from the neck down C4/5,…

 Is it now a postcode lottery in England By William Case In these financial times, is the new Care Act of 2014/15 up…

Guest post by Rebecca, who has ME and is a wheelchair user….

It’s now been 5 years since I’ve had my individual budget, which allows me to live independently with support when needed. I would…

A marriage made in heaven. This is a romantic story about cold metal and warm leather; a story of pieces of mobility equipment…

Kasia and I were fortunate to have our flights, hotel, hoist hire, and conference entrance covered by Once foundation, because I was a…