Applying to uni: a guide for students with disabilities

All universities are set up for students with disabilities, but try to visit the one you choose to see for yourself

Bell’s palsy: putting on a brave face

Matthew Jenkin: Facial palsy is not only physically debilitating but emotionally hard. And often people don't get the treatment they need

Usher syndrome: ‘Don’t define me by a condition I happen to have’

Charlie Swinbourne: People with Usher syndrome have both hearing and sight loss. But although the diagnosis can be devastating, many find new ways to cope

Let’s talk about sex education and disability

For years the need of disabled people for sex and relationship education has been ignored. Campaigners want this sweep-it-under-the-carpet attitude to change, writes Teresa Fitzherbert

Motor neurone disease has robbed me of what I value most – my voice

Jo Harris: As a barrister and judge, I made my living by speaking. How do I cope now that such an integral part of myself has been taken away from me?

Spending more time in the dark could boost hearing in old age

Dana Smith: Hope for non-invasive treatment for age-related deafness as scientists find neurons can compensate for disability at any age

Sex and disability: yes, the two can and should go together

Fran Vicary: My disability means I cannot independently dress, shower or feed myself – but with support, I can have a fulfilling sexual life. I wish more people with a disability could say the same

Jacqueline Stokes obituary

Other Lives: Therapist who enabled many hearing-impaired children to listen and talk

Hearing dogs: ‘She is my ears’

Living with deafness can be a lonely, isolating experience. But dogs can offer love, company and independence to people with hearing loss

Lucy Mangan: who says 15 minutes is too short for a care visit? Chins up, people

More than 75% of care visits to the elderly and/or disabled take less than 15 minutes. Which is plenty of time, apparently