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Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: ‘It’s just who I am’

by Charlotte Dolman | Nov 2, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star Simon Pegg has revealed he has been diagnosed with ADHD, which he said “confirmed a lot of stuff that I’d been wrestling with”.

Kody’s Story – Being diagnosed with ADHD as a physically Disabled person

by Charlotte Dolman | Oct 30, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Kody discusses how they felt like they must tick specific diagnostic criteria to be diagnosed as Neurodivergent, and being a wheelchair user meant that ADHD symptoms were not considered in the same way. Kody explores how this diagnostic framework needs to change to...

NHS ‘unable to treat and look after’ people with learning disabilities, says care commission chair

by Charlotte Dolman | Oct 28, 2026 | Parents & Carers

In an exclusive interview with ITV News’ Dan Hewitt, Baroness Louise Casey criticised the privatisation of the social care system and private companies who make large profits “off the back of disabled people” and taxpayers.

‘Disabled people’s rights are under threat’. says actor Ruth Madeley

by Charlotte Dolman | Oct 26, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Ruth Madeley stars in Being Heumann, a new film telling the story of disability rights activist Judy Heumann, who led more than 100 young people in a landmark protest at San Francisco’s Federal Building, demanding equal rights for disabled people.

I had to crawl on my hands and knees to get off train, says disabled woman

by Charlotte Dolman | Oct 23, 2026 | Parents & Carers

A wheelchair user was left in tears as she crawled on her “hands and knees” through a train after being told a ramp could not be used to help her off. Phoebe Tesoriere, 24, who lived in Caerphilly at the time, was on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train...
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