Wolfgang Wolf, a disabled blogger and counsellor living in New Zealand, shares his experience of living with the neurological conditions aphasia and apraxia that affect speech and communication.
GP Appointment Crisis: A Chronically Ill Person’s Perspective
Trying to get a GP appointment can be very difficult, and, in many cases, impossible. Zec Richardson, who lives with ME, shares his personal experience of trying to get to see a doctor and how it affects his health and wellbeing.
52% Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Take Over 3 Years To Get MS Diagnosis
Six Multiple Sclerosis charities warn of the urgent need to overhaul MS specialist provision and mental health services. The lack of MS specialists is leading patients to be mis – or undiagnosed.
Community-Led Research Highlights Inequality In Cancer Care For Disabled People
Disabled people can feel isolated, unsafe and judged inappropriately when going through cancer care. These are some of the findings of a new report carried out by Help and Care, with the support of Bournemouth University, looking at the quality of cancer care for disabled people.
A Coalition Group Has Initiated The First-Ever European Myasthenia Gravis Day
Today marks the first-ever European Myasthenia Gravis Day, a symbolic date that will shine the light on this neuromuscular autoimmune disease that affects between 56,000 to almost 100.000 people in Europe.
Research Has Found More Than 50% Of Brits Have Never Heard Of The Condition Aphasia
New research reveals over half of the British public (54%) have never heard of aphasia, despite it affecting over 350,000 people in the UK.