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What everyone gets wrong about the science of lip-reading

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 1, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Jill Jones responds to the news that royals and celebrities have been warned to watch their words when out and about. Lip-reading is very much guesswork and relies on a great deal of factors, including having good English competency, which many congenitally deaf...

Adam Pearson hits back at comedian who mocks his attendance at the Oscars

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

Adam Pearson, who has neurofibromatosis, was targeted on X by US comedian Danny Polishchuk after he attended this years’ Academy Awards. Polishchuk posted an image of Pearson at the ceremony with the caption: ‘Me and the boys after taking Chinese Peptides for 5...

BBC comedy spotlights a romantic dilemma some disabled people face

by Charlotte Dolman | Mar 27, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Kyla Harris, the co-creator and star of BBC comedy drama series We Might Regret This, has been with her partner for eight years. But they won’t move in together, because it means she could lose some of her means-tested funding.

Why I had to turn to lawyers as the parent of a child with SEND

by Charlotte Dolman | Mar 25, 2026 | Parents & Carers

Melissa Hayhurst says the government should ensure children are getting the support they need instead of attacking the lawyers helping parents.

Government stalls on disabled children’s social care reform in England

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

The Government has delayed a decision on whether to carry out long awaited reforms to disabled children’s social care law. In an interim response to the Law Commission’s major review of the disabled children’s social care legal framework, the government today said it...
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