He has started lashing out and thrashing about in his chair, Lynsey ODonovan says of her 17-year-old son, Jack, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy. She explains what life has been like since schools shut When the Government announced the current national lockdown, parents all over the country groaned at the prospect of having to homeschool their children once again Continue reading →

This piece was made possible as part of a grant from the Julia Child Foundation AgrAbility supports farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities in gaining success in rural America. Born from the 1990 Farm Bill with20 funded AgrAbility affiliates across the United States, the program provides education, networking, and direct services to agricultural workers with disabilities Continue reading →

Engine 1/2 was initially designed by Dave Welch of Wheat Ridge, Colorado who created it for his nephew Ricky Marquez who was born with Cerebral Palsy. Ricky is a quadriplegic and has been in a wheelchair since he was 3. Ricky was always obsessed with trucks; buses, mail trucks, trains, police cars, and fire trucks Continue reading →

Australian pop star and songwriter Sia Furlers feature directorial debut Music is in effect two very different films with wildly disparate tones, stuck together using a sludgy mixture of by-the-book drama and hipstery eclecticism. One a collection of music sequences presented in spanking bright colours, with sets and costumes that seem designed to replicate the experience of taking magic mushrooms during a fashion show or contemporary art exhibition is nothing but self-conscious Continue reading →

Blessings in a Backpack of Waukesha County, a local affiliate of a national nonprofit food program, has opened a new office in Waukesha. The office, at 2010 Springdale Road next to Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha Countys administrative offices, is the organizations first physical location. The program provides food on the weekends for school children who might otherwise go hungry. Continue reading →

A THRILL-seeking boy with a profound brain injury has launched a campaign to save the charity which has changed his life as he celebrates his 13th birthday. Oliver Voysey is marking becoming a teenager with a series of 13 themed challenges, all ending in a face plant into a cake Continue reading →

Mohd Shafiq was eight years old when his mother vomited blood due to inhalation of MIC gas leaked from the UCIL factory. Thirty years later, Shafiq was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension (HTN). Continue reading →