PDA and Sleep – Survey Results

The Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Society is working with The Sleep Charity to develop a new resource on sleep and PDA. It is based on these results and the lived experience of PDA individuals and sleep practitioners, who took part in their sleep survey. 85% of...

Fabulous Magazine’s Women of the Year

Student Ellie Goldstein has been named as one of Fabulous Magazine’s Women of the Year for her efforts in making the fashion industry more inclusive. The bubbly Performing Arts student at New City College’s Redbridge campus, who has Down’s Syndrome, is on the list...

The READY report

The National Deaf Children’s Society’s post-16 research project called Recording Emerging Adulthood in Deaf Youth (READY), is being carried out by the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh. The research has established a cohort of over 150 deaf young...

Barrier-free nationwide biking and strolling

Cycling charity Sustrans has launched a masterplan for a UK-wide visitors and barrier-free nationwide biking and strolling network (NCN) appropriate for “a sensible 12-year-old travelling alone”. They want to link most towns with safe routes accessible for walking as...