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How gaming has helped make a difference to Craig Brett’s life
Craig Brett, age 33, has Leber Congenital Amaurosis, a rare, inherited eye disorder. Craig works full-time as a software engineer and is also a volunteer, helping to run RNIB’s Connect group in the east of England for online gaming.
Coffee shops must act to end ‘pervasive humiliation’, says stammering charity
A disabled people’s organisation is calling on coffee shops to do more to avoid the “pervasive humiliation” faced by many customers who stammer when they try to place their order. Many people who stammer can be rushed, ignored and even mimicked when they try to order a coffee, says STAMMA.
Just because you can’t hear music, it doesn’t mean you can’t connect with it
Profoundly deaf in one ear, Marie Pascall struggled to pick up the lyrics at concerts without the help of a performance interpreter – so she became one herself.
Colin Farrell opens up about son with Angelman syndrome: ‘We still struggle’
In a new interview, Colin Farrell opened up about his son who has a rare neurological condition called Angelman syndrome, and announced that he is launching a foundation to support people with intellectual disabilities.
Diabetic children treated ‘as criminals’ at airport
Children and adults with type 1 diabetes faced “appalling” treatment at London Stansted Airport and were made to feel like criminals, according to a number of complaints made to the BBC.
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