Tag Archive for: disability

Alistair Banks: courage in the face of motor neurone disease

Recently I blogged about Martin Pistorius – an inspiring story of faith, hope and love in the face…
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A life precious to God – how to cope when you find your unborn baby has special needs

There is a deeply heart-warming story in the Daily Mail today (July 18 2011) titled, ‘Doctors told…

Dilnot lays some tentative foundations

Monday saw the publication of the Dilnot Report – the latest in a long line of reports and studies…

New ‘withdrawal of treatment’ case poses major threat to disabled people

BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme earlier this week, ‘A Living Death’, featured four case…

New BBC Radio Four programme – Are we in for more bludgeoning of disabled people?

I've just been alerted to the fact that BBC Radio 4 is running another forty-minute 'documentary' on…

The Problem with Care – more questions raised by BBC Panorama

Another week, and another story about poor care standards – this time an exposé on the BBC’s…

‘Suicide tourism’ gets public backing in Switzerland – but what for British laws?

Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, have rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide and ‘suicide tourism’. A…
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Disabled people fear change in assisted suicide law

Changing the law on assisted suicide would put pressure on disabled people to commit suicide, according…

New genetic screening plans raise serious questions about our attitudes to disability

The Human Genetics Commission (HGC), a government advisory committee, has given the green light to preconception…

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