#Disability

1. My Talented Son Has Autism. As a Mother, I Feel Like a Dual Citizen

   By Mary L. Snowdon "April is the cruelest month." The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot I couldn't agree more. April is autism awareness month. It is also the month that marks the start of the PGA tour. What on earth do these things have to do with one another you might ask. Well, as the parent
   

2. 'I put my disabled son in a residential facility so I can forget he exists - I'm not sorry'

   By Paige Freshwater A single mum has been praised after admitting she is putting her disabled son in a residential facility so she can forget he exists. She explained how she has been raising her two sons, aged seven and 12, alone since her husband died three years ago in a work a
   

3. Schools Are Killing My Son's Autism Support Under the Veil of Equity

   By Jamie Doyle On March 19, 2024, parents representing elementary school children with autism sat patiently while the superintendent of education eloquently described the strengths neurodiversity brings to education and the Montgomery County, Maryland Board of Education's (BOE) en
   

4. Katie Price reveals heartbreaking way doctor told her Harvey was blind

   By Ayaan Ali Katie Price has revealed the heartbreaking way she was told by a doctor her son Harvey was blind. The former glamour model gave birth to Harvey, with whom she shares with ex-lover Dwight Yorke, at the age of 24 on May 27, 2002. Shortly after her first child was born Ka
   

5. New York Kept Social Security From Some Kids, New Documents Reveal

   By Suzanne Blake New documents revealed that foster children in New York City have had their Social Security benefits stripped from them despite the mayor's new policy pledging the funds would go into savings accounts. Mayor Eric Adams implemented a policy calling for all federal b
   

6. Terrified woman almost killed by rare allergy to 'everything' from food and buses to vapes

   By Jake Meeus-Jones & Nia Dalton A woman almost died after suddenly becoming allergic to 'almost everything'. Amy Francis-Smith's nightmare started when she began experiencing unexpected reactions to food. At first, she reacted badly to lemons and peanuts, then went into terrifying
   

7. Did they check the blood flow to her brain? I know the polite thing here would be to wish her a complete recovery but I think the country would be far better off if she retired with a disability pension.

8. Deaf Shelter Dog Finally Finds Forever Home After Learning Sign Language

   By Jack Beresford A dog who has spent the majority of her short life living in shelters across Florida has finally found a forever home. Cocoa, a 3-year-old Dalmatian-pointer mix, has waved goodbye to Abandoned Pet Rescue (APR), the only no-kill animal shelter in Fort Lauderdale, a
   

9. How Cutting-Edge Disability Technology Gets Sent to War Instead

   By Liz Jackson, Rua Williams In 2015, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, which is often referred to as the Department of Defense’s “ mad science division ,” adapted a flight simulator so a woman named Jan Scheuermann, who is paralyzed due to a neurodegenerative