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Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny
Health

Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Care system

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide
Josie Jakub

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
Daniel Lustig-Webb

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’
Holly Morris

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday
Julie Cameron

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people
Homelessness

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
Dr Jackie Gray

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?
Letters

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?

Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?
Paul McNamee

Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break
Sport

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break

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Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Council tax

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away
Jack Smith

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy