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Being disabled in the third lockdown

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    Kate, Holly and Scout peering out from behind a window

    Being disabled in the third lockdown

    As Lockdown returns so does our Isolation Diaries podcast

      Kate, Holly and Scout peering out from behind a window

      Being disabled in the third lockdown

      As Lockdown returns so does our Isolation Diaries podcast

        A woman walks with a smile and coffee cup in hand while words such as 'over-thinking', 'brooding', 'fretting', 'stressing' surround her

        The cartoonists making mental health their muse

        Meet the artists shaping graphic medicine - a genre of comics focused on the experience of living with mental illness.

        Andrea
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        'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'

        Attacked because of her disability, Andrea was left with a fractured skull and a perforated eardrum.

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        More special schools limit pupil attendance

        Oakwood and Glenveagh Special Schools in Belfast say they are moving to "blended learning" temporarily.

        Dr Arpan Mehta

        Campaigners hail 'very exciting' MND breakthrough

        University of Edinburgh scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by MND.

        Kieran

        Young carers 'frustrated, isolated and lonely'

        Carers as young as nine are struggling in lockdown without face-to-face support, a charity says.

        Claudia Romero with son Christian

        Parents of children with special needs 'struggling'

        Parents call for special schools to continue to operate full time in all areas of Scotland.

        A woman walks with a smile and coffee cup in hand while words such as 'over-thinking', 'brooding', 'fretting', 'stressing' surround her

        The cartoonists making mental health their muse

        Meet the artists shaping graphic medicine - a genre of comics focused on the experience of living with mental illness.

        Andrea
        Video 3 minutes 3 seconds

        'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'

        Attacked because of her disability, Andrea was left with a fractured skull and a perforated eardrum.

        Classroom

        More special schools limit pupil attendance

        Oakwood and Glenveagh Special Schools in Belfast say they are moving to "blended learning" temporarily.

        Dr Arpan Mehta
        Kieran
        Claudia Romero with son Christian

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        1. 'Lockdown made me feel like I was in prison'

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          Video caption: 'Lockdown made me feel like I was in prison'

          The are around 400,000 people who are deafblind in the UK with 11,000 registered in Northern Ireland.

        4. A 400,000-step challenge towards a 'dream'

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          Video caption: Joanne Milne: 400,000-step challenge for Usher syndrome

          Joanne Milne, who has Usher syndrome, is raising awareness of the rare genetic condition.

        6. A 400,000-step challenge towards a 'dream'

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          Video caption: Joanne Milne: 400,000-step challenge for Usher syndrome

          Joanne Milne, who has Usher syndrome, is raising awareness of the rare genetic condition.

        8. 'I reply to hate comments in a funny way'

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          Video caption: Disability: 'I reply to hate comments in a funny way'

          Stephen Thomas Smith, 24, uses Tik Tok to celebrate being gay and disabled.

        9. 'I am a gay!'

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          Video caption: Disability: 'I am a gay!'

          Stephen Thomas Smith, 24, says people assume he can't be gay due to his disability.

        11. 'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'

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          Video caption: Disability: 'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'

          Attacked because of her disability, Andrea was left with a fractured skull and a perforated eardrum.

        15. Disabled man walking from Honduras to US

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          Video caption: Isaac, one of 1,000s of Central American migrants walking to US border

          A caravan of migrants who claim they are fleeing poverty and violence is making its way to the US border.

        17. Climbing a Hong Kong skyscraper in a wheelchair

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          Video caption: Lai Chi-Wai raises HK$5.2m for charity climbing Nina Towers

          Lai Chi-Wai, who is paralysed, raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.

        18. The seven-year-old teaching sign language

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          Video caption: Sign language: Seven-year-old teaching classmates

          Jensen Rea, who is deaf in one ear, has been teaching British Sign Language throughout lockdowns.

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