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I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
Learning Disability Week 2024

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Learning Disability Week 2024

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes
Food

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes

How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
Learning Disability Week 2024

How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

One in five Brits say they feel ‘reluctant’ just talking to someone with a learning disability
Learning disability week 2024

One in five Brits say they feel ‘reluctant’ just talking to someone with a learning disability

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough
Learning Disability Week 2024

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
Ben Tinkler

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition

‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse
Father's day

‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot
Robin Ince

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
Health

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph

Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
Health

Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’
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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn’t – in Labour’s general election manifesto
Politics

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn’t – in Labour’s general election manifesto

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this
Katherine Chapman

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football
Poppy Jaman

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football

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‘How dare he’: Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it’s not exactly the truth
General election 2024

‘How dare he’: Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it’s not exactly the truth

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch
General Election 2024

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto
General election 2024

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries