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‘I made my cochlear implant a fashion accessory’
Gargi Agrawalla, who was born profoundly deaf, wants to empower other deaf young people after winning an international competition to design jewellery for use with cochlear implants and hearing aids.
Meet the boy who kickstarted adaptive surfing on Croyde beach!
George Palmer loves to catch waves but his favourite part about surfing is WIPEOUT!
A cuddle could tear my son’s skin due to rare disorder
A couple whose son has a rare genetic skin condition say it is hard to process that a cuddle could “tear his skin”. Twenty month old Albi was born with a severe form of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a disorder which causes his skin to break out in blisters or tear with the slightest friction.
Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says
Council deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special educational needs funding, a leading economics thinktank has said.
Pupil creates ‘musical dream’ with Makaton choir
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.
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