Wildlife TV presenter Chris Packham knows only too well the moments of anxiety that a day out somewhere new can bring to someone with an "invisible" disability like autism.
Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, he finds social situations challenging. That is why he is... Read more
Prime Minister Theresa May took time out from dealing with Russia, Brexit talks and international terrorism to chat with home care workers at the unveiling of Right at Home’s 50th domiciliary care business.
Fresh from talks with allies on how to deal with... Read more
A son has praised Sainsbury’s on Twitter for supporting his mum to stay on at work, "going above and beyond to make sure she's happy and feeling valued".
With tweets that have gone viral, Doron Salomon, thanked the supermarket in Kenton, North London, for keeping her... Read more
The Government has been ordered to cough up between £570m and £830m to cover overdue disability benefits payments, which were mistakenly underpaid when previous benefits schemes were changed over to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) in 2011.
This estimation... Read more
Tributes are being paid to internationally celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking who died at his home at the age of 76, but doctors initially gave him only three years to live when he was 21.
Diagnosed with motor neurone disease at this young age, Stephen Hawking... Read more
Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston is the latest television star urging the nation to #ShareTheOrange to encourage people to think differently about dementia.
The American screenwriter is calling on people to share a thought-provoking film on social media for dementia... Read more
When a stroke robbed Zena Ware of the use of the left side of her body, she became isolated and lonely and found it increasingly difficult to cook for herself.
But last April, when 23-year-old student Amelia Johnston knocked on her door with a warm plate of food, it... Read more
A deaf and blind climber has challenged himself to trek night and day along the Ridgeway – a national trail in the south of England - as part of a 52 mile journey to raise money for a disability charity.
Forty-four-old John Churcher has a hearing impairment and only... Read more
Home care workers in Manchester are to receive a £1 an hour pay boost from 1 April to ensure they get ‘a proper living wage’.
Domiciliary care workers will see their pay increase from £7.50 - the National Living Wage (NLW) to what has been dubbed the ‘Manchester... Read more
A 62-year-old woman with early-onset dementia is on a mission to challenge people’s perception of the condition by running the London Marathon in April 2018.
Sue Strachan, who is known by friends and family as ‘Strawny’, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2014.... Read more
Fed up of being 'hamstrung by budget cuts', Samuel Holmes turned his back on social work and now runs his own home care business.
By running a company that specialises in supporting older people, he now feels more able to provide person-centred care. He says: “I used to... Read more
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