2018
February 15, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
Would you like to win a portion of spring rolls to enjoy at Yang Sing Cathay in the Trafford Centre? As Chinese New Year commences on Friday 16th February, we wanted to let you know of something very exciting! Yang Sing Cathay are teaming up with the Trafford Centre for this annual tradition. They are […]
Tags: Manchester
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February 12, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
This post explores Kath’s experience of working on a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guideline. Her journey began almost 4 years ago. This is when Kath became a Lay Committee Member on transitions from hospital to home for people with social care needs. It was very interesting to see that despite us […]
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January 31, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
January’s Story of the Month goes to, Kerrie Keen, 37 years old who talks about her son’s journey with cerebral palsy. Kerrie is married to her husband, Owen and is a proud mum to her 15 year old son and 4 year old identical twin boys, Cooper and Lucas. If you would like to catch […]
Tags: Cerebral palsy, Children
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January 19, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
The following is a guest blog by AskJules, who are exhibiting at our Kidz to Adultz Middle event this year in March. This blog post will discover facts that you may not have known about AskJules along with their advice for those with a disability who are starting a new term at university. Whilst the […]
Tags: Exhibitions, Kidz to Adultz
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January 19, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a guest feature with Carrie Aimes, founder of Life on the Slow Lane, lifestyle and disability blog. Carrie has lived with muscular dystrophy for 29 years (her whole life). And we took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. Please can you tell us a little bit about your disability? I have […]
Tags: muscular dystrophy
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January 17, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a guest blog by Remap for Disabled Living. Remap is a charity that helps disabled people achieve independence and a better quality of life by designing and making equipment for their individual needs. Last year the charity helped over 3,500 people in this way and gave the equipment free of charge in every […]
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January 11, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
As it’s Heritage Treasures Day, we thought this would be a great opportunity to share the reasons as to why we love our heritage at Disabled Living. As you may already know, Disabled Living has had several name changes over the years and there have been many special memories shared. Throughout 2017 we shared our […]
Tags: Archive, Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund
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January 4, 2018 | by Disabled Living | General
This Story of the Month is based on a young boy called Sebastian, who attend our Kidz to Adultz North event in November 2017 with his parents. His mum (Vicky) gives her insight along with dad (Paul) about their journey of seeing their little boy grow up with Angelman syndrome. Please can you tell us […]
Tags: Kidz to Adultz, parenting
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