Cerebral palsy
Do I have to watch the Paralympics just because I’m disabled?
Personally speaking, I’ve never really been very much into sport or athletics, but never before can I recall disabled people getting so much attention from the media
By Laurence Clark | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 2:00 am
Why doesn’t Iain Duncan Smith trust a doctor’s decision?
I am one of the 70% of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients with a lifetime award that Iain Duncan Smith set his sights on this week. He intends to introduce more rigorous, regular assessments for the replacement PIP benefit and abolish lifetime entitlements such as mine.
By Laurence Clark | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 4:00 am
In it for the long run: choosing your charity
Since the London Marathon began in 1981 more than £500 million has been raised for charity through the event. As well as it being an incredible sporting endeavour, the marathon has turned into a significant revenue-generating and promotional opportunity for the third sector. Each year about 13,000 places (of the 36,000) are taken up by [...]
By Jane Bainbridge | Sport | Wednesday, 9 February 2011 at 2:52 pm
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