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Calls for urgent financial support for families of seriously ill children

by Michelle Lowe | Sep 12, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Together for Short Lives, Contact, Scope and other organisations representing disabled children and their families have published an open letter to the Conservative Party Leadership candidates calling for urgent action to address the mounting hardship facing families...

‘Staggering increase’ to disability energy helpline, says disability charity Scope

by Michelle Lowe | Sep 9, 2022 | Parents & Carers

The cost of living crisis is hitting some particularly hard and tonight there are urgent calls for further targeted support for the most vulnerable.

How can disabled people access £150 cost of living payment this September and what date is it paid?

by Michelle Lowe | Sep 7, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Around six million disabled people will receive a £150 cost of living payment from the end of September, the government says. The payment is intended to help disabled people with the rising cost of living and the higher costs they face, such as for care and mobility...

Fundraiser for permanent Gympanzees gym for disabled children

by Michelle Lowe | Sep 5, 2022 | Parents & Carers

A pop-up leisure centre for children with disabilities has launched a fundraising appeal to build a permanent base. Physiotherapist Stephanie Wheen set up Gympanzees four years ago when she saw the lack of facilities in Bristol. She said she gets “desperate...

‘I was different, not broken’: how my autism diagnosis changed my life

by Michelle Lowe | Sep 2, 2022 | Parents & Carers

As her sons were diagnosed on the autism spectrum, Sandra Thom-Jones began to wonder if she too was autistic – and fear she wasn’t.
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