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A woman with a spinal injury said she has been denied "crucial" NHS-funded care for her overseas work as the head of a disability association. Lucy Robinson, president of the European Spinal Cord ...

WHEN James Wood was admitted to hospital surgery to remove deadly blood clots, his family could never have imagined it would change his life for good. But the dad-of-two, once a confident and outgoing ...

Lindsey Meservey is a sixth-year Biology PhD student. She has lived in Stanford graduate housing since 2019. This idea is starkly different from the hard-working Stanford undergraduate population I ...

One person was assaulted by an employee and another has died after a medication mistake at a state institution for people with developmental disabilities in south Jersey. The two separate incidents at ...

It has been a year since anyone saw Jacob Pritchett. The 11-year-old boy, who is autistic and nonverbal, was reported missing in October. But, as far as anyone can tell, he was last seen through his ...

The author at a National Council on Independent Living march and rally in Washington on July 22, 2025. I voted for the first time on my 18th birthday. I navigated my wheelchair through a community ...

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