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Is there a decline in the media representation of disability?
Trailblazer, Kai Gill, blogs about the representation of disabled people in the media.
My name is Kai Gill and I’m 21 years old living with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2D.
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How Channel 4 helped me to embrace my disability
Trailblazer Emma Clifford, 28 and from South Yorkshire, blogs about her work experience placement with Channel 4 television
Not all disabilities are obvious to the human eye at first glance.
Physically to look at me, my disability is quite silent.
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You Are Under Arrest but….
Trailblazer, Raya Al-Jadir, tells us what she thinks about the new storyline on Coronation Street where Izzy, who is a wheelchair user, gets arrested.
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My thoughts on Redefining Juliet
Vicki Dennis reviews the documentary Redefining Juliet, which casts disabled and physically different actresses in the iconic role of Juliet, as part of the BBC’s Shakespeare season.
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Sam Waddington reviews ‘The World’s Worst Place to be Disabled?’
Sam Waddington reviews the BBC Three documentary ‘The World’s Worst Place to be Disabled?’
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‘The UK might not be the worst place to be disabled, but we still need to campaign for our rights’
Raya Al-Jadir reviews the BBC Three documentary ‘The World’s Worst Place to be Disabled?’ and reflects on her own childhood growing up with a disability in the Middle East.
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When Love And Hate Collide – The Undateables
Trailblazer and author Anthony Price discusses the controversy around Channel 4’s disability and dating series, The Undateables.
News
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Reform of NHS and Social Care
Proposals for more joined up care in England
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Rare Disease Day 2021
All muscle-wasting conditions are rare
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EMA committee gives SMA drug positive opinion
EMA committee gives positive opinion on Evrysdi (risdiplam)
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MDUK CEO is taking on the toughest physical challenge of her career
Our CEO, Catherine Woodhead, is embarking on a huge cha
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Snowdonia Velocity Zip Slide for Georges Journey
6 March 2021
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Virtual Celebrity Sports Quiz
11 March 2021
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Virtual Royal Parks Half Marathon
11 April 2021
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