‘Everyone has problems, don’t they?’
Young people share their very different accounts of the issues they face growing up, from gun crime to graduation, teenage pregnancy and homelessness
‘There’s no formula for survival’
Jo Baker-Watson can imagine how the Camerons must be feeling today: her daughter Megan, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy, died eight years ago
‘Pain is all you know’
Lucy Glennon explains what it's like to have the rare skin condition epidermolysis bullosa
I couldn’t say the word ‘blind’
In the final year of her art degree, Julie Coakley lost her sight. It was the worst fate that could befall an artist
‘I half-hoped that I might miscarry’
When Annie Rey was growing up, she had a terror of disability. Then her son was diagnosed with Down's syndrome, and it seemed her worst fears had come true
A tale of two mothers
Five months after Julia Hollander's daughter Imogen was born with severe cerebral palsy, she found herself at breaking point. But her painful decision to hand over her child to a foster carer led to the creation of an 'extraordinary extended family'
Hospital refuses plea for hysterectomy on cerebral palsy girl
The decision by a hospital in Essex not to carry out a hysterectomy on a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was welcomed yesterday by charities supporting people with disabilities
How am I supposed to get up there?
Nick Bishop has cerebral palsy. He explains how he deals with the obstacles he comes across in everyday life - such as the steps that come between him and a pint with his mates - and, below, puts 10 award-winning London restaurants to the test
Sex on wheels
Julie Fernandez, best known for her role in The Office, always dreamed of love and marriage. But she feared her brittle bones would prevent her from ever having a physical relationship ...
Parents of disabled two-year-old win resuscitation ruling
· Child's best interests are central, high court says · But doctors can follow their consciences