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As many as 200,000 disabled children over the next eight years could potentially be locked out of their Child Trust Funds unless their families pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds in court fees. Campaigners, Child Trust Fund and Junior Isa providers and trade bodies are in discussions with the Government to come up with … Read more
The family of an 18-year-old disabled lad whose life was transformed by DIY SOS say they are ‘desperately seeking answers’ to his lonely and mysterious death after being admitted to hospital with gastric illness during lockdown. Devastated father Darren Hudson says his son Ollie was spending a night in hospital for observation following a bout … Read more
Nick Knowles has paid tribute to a severely disabled teenager, who appeared on DIY SOS, after he passed away earlier this week. Last year, a moving episode of the home renovation show told the story of widower Darren and his sons Ollie, Mike and Harvey from Hull. Ollie was born with Hydrocephalus, known as water on … Read more
A prominent union leader has called for university students to stay at home this autumn to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus – unless they are poor, black, disabled, gay or transgender. Larissa Kennedy, president of the National Union of Students, warned it was too dangerous for undergraduates to flood campuses but said exceptions … Read more
A woman has been charged with murder after the disabled son, 10, of a celebrity photographer was found dead at a house in west London. Olga Freeman, 40, will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court this morning over the killing. It came after a woman walked into a police station in the early hours of Sunday to … Read more
‘I may have to cut off a leg’: Wheelchair user, 17, is told he is ‘not disabled enough’ to compete for Britain’s Paralympic team Oscar Knight, 17, dreamed of spot on Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball team Rule change means he may have to amputate leg to compete internationally He was nine when he began suffering … Read more
She looks ready to welcome her first child with actor Orlando Bloom any day now. Understandably, it seems Katy Perry doesn’t want to be too far from a getaway vehicle should she go into labor. However, the Smile singer risked a $250 fine on Saturday, as she parked her Porsche Cayenne GTS in a disabled … Read more
A former student at an elite private school in Utah has accused administrators of mishandling a 2017 sexual assault allegation, claiming they encouraged classmates to shun her and shared private details of her ordeal that ended up being reenacted in an assembly. After Tabitha Bell, now 20, told the school she was raped at home … Read more
Ancient Greeks had the first disabled access to buildings nearly 3,000 years ago, according to a new study. Archaeologists have found 11 small stone ramps at a healing sanctuary built in the 6th century BC, which they say helped the mobility-impaired. Several Ancient Greek temples and other buildings, some older than the 4th century BC, … Read more
Izzy Judd reunites with disabled brother Rupert for the first time in five months after lockdown and admits she feels ‘immense guilt for having freedom to live without brain injury’ By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 08:01 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 08:01 BST, 17 July 2020 She has been separated from her disabled … Read more