Charlotte Dolman

Pupil creates ‘musical dream’ with Makaton choir

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 30, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Despite being non-verbal 17-year-old Troy McKay has used his voice to create a unique choir. Troy is a pupil at Fleming Fulton Special School in Belfast, and communicates through an app on his wheelchair.

RNIB has ‘washed its hands’ of braille users after ending free service, says blind campaigner

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 28, 2025 | Parents & Carers

A disabled campaigner claims the disability charity RNIB has “washed its hands” of those with the most significant levels of visual impairment, after scrapping its long-established free braille transcription service.

‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 25, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer Frances Ryan reveals how that is changing – and what more needs to be done.

Disability groups ‘stepping back’ over benefit cuts

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 23, 2025 | Parents & Carers

A number of Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations have told the BBC they are considering stepping back from working with the government over proposed benefit cuts.

Hampshire factory that employs dozens of disabled adults facing closure

by Charlotte Dolman | Apr 21, 2025 | Parents & Carers

A Hampshire charity that employs dozens of disabled people says it’s fighting for survival due to delayed payments from the Government’s Access to Work Plus scheme. Yateley Industries claims it’s around £150,000 out of pocket, which has been owed to...