Five minutes with … Gerry Kinsella
Greenbank founder on inspiring disabled people to take up sports The Guardian and Observer's Christmas charity appeal supports eight charities that work to help people with a disability or long-term illness.
Benefit cuts: reforms will leave disabled people ‘ghettoised and excluded’
A drastically-revised impact assessment of changes to mobility allowance says 428,000 people will lose out. That's bad news for disabled people, and bad news for the UK motor industry Getting around is about to get a whole lot harder for a whole lot more disabled people - about 428,000 of them over the next...
Interview, Sarah Storey
Listen Sarah Storey was one of the stars of the London 2012 Paralympics winning four cycling gold medals. She is also the Able Magazine Women’s Sports Personality of the Year for 2012. Firstly congratulations on finding out that you’re expecting a baby. Thanks. We’re so chuffed to be able to talk about it because we’ve...
Guardian Christmas appeal: across the disabling divide | Editorial
As cutbacks bite, our campaign backs charities that share the noble fight against the segregation that can blight disabled lives David Cameron put it as well as anyone. Discussing what the Paralympics had achieved, he recalled pushing his late disabled son around the streets, and reflected : "I always thought some people saw the...
Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal raises over £200,000
Money donated by generous readers will be shared equally between eight charities. Still 11 days to go With 11 days to go before it closes, the Guardian and Observer's Christmas appeal 2012 has so far raised £214k for eight disability charities. The money donated by generous readers will be shared equally between the appeal...
Worst effects of austerity yet to be felt, disability advice charity warns
Disability Law Service, which provides advice to disabled clients facing cuts, expects surge in demand for its services in 2013 2013 looks like being a historic year for disabled people - but for the wrong reasons, says Disability Law Service , one of the Guardian's eight Christmas appeal charities . Disability Law Service is...
For Britain’s disabled people, the Paralympics couldn’t make 2012 golden | Sue Marsh
A summer of sporting glory can't disguise the cruel reality of rising hate crime and cuts to disability services As the floods flood and the cold bites, our glorious, golden summer seems a lifetime away. The union flags, the tinsel and the gold medals are now gathering dust on our shelves. We do still...
Paralympic honours row: David Weir should have got a knighthood, says MP
Former sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe says honours committee missed an opportunity to show consistency in sporting awards The former sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has weighed into the controversy about perceived double-standards for Olympic and Paralympic athletes in the New Year honours list.
Oily Cart company specialises in theatre for youngsters with complex disabilities
Through multisensory and interactive performances, Oily Cart aims to communicate with children thought of as 'hard to reach' "Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?" This is the question which motivates Oily Cart , one of Britain's leading theatre companies, and one of the eight Guardian 2012 Christmas appeal charities. It specialises in...
