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"Eye on the Prize: Meet Jonathan Bryan - Author, Advocate, and University Student Breaking Barriers Through Words"

Special Feature by Ellise Hollie-Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent Jonathan Bryan is 18 years old and studying Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is a published author and founded a charity called ‘Teach Us Too’, envisaging a world where all children are taught to read and write regardless of their educational

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Determination Triumphs: Ciara Lawrence's Journey at Mencap

By Ellise Hollie-Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent In a testament to perseverance and advocacy, Ciara Lawrence, a woman with a learning disability, has become a beacon of hope for many. For 24 years, Ciara Lawrence has been an integral part of Mencap, the UK's leading learning disability charity, where she

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“If I can do it - you can do it!” Exams living with Cerebral Palsy

By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Jill Dando News Disabilities Correspondent “If I can do it, you can do it.’ One of my massive achievements is sitting my GCSEs in secondary school. I was very lucky to have attended an amazing secondary school, I was supported, included and listened to as a

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Good news as over 1400 very young children with disabilities provided with wonderful ‘Wizzybug’ wheelchairs (By Ellise)

By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Children are benefiting from incredible powered wheelchairs called Wizzybugs. Designability, a leading disability charity, are providing the powered wheelchairs to families with very young children aged from 14 months onwards who have a disability - even if it is currently

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In Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, the wonderful mum of Jill Dando News' Disability Correspondent Elise shares her own experience

By Jill Dando News I fell pregnant with my eldest daughter, Ellise in 2001 and had a good pregnancy journey, I had no problems during my pregnancy and everything was normal and fine so I had no idea what the next part of my life was going to embark upon

Charity

<strong>50 years on from thalidomide: Family Fund marks five decades supporting disabled or seriously ill children  </strong>

By Ellise, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Family Fund, the UK’s largest grant-making charity for families raising disabled or seriously ill children on the lowest incomes has just celebrated it 50th birthday. The charity began life in 1973 after a public campaign on behalf of children affected by