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How do you learn trapeze if you’re blind?
Amelia Cavallo has mastered the art of aerial performance on silks and the trapeze at great heights above the floor. As someone who is registered b…
8 years ago
Bibliotherapy: A novel take on mental health
Reading is often one of the first things to go when you're busy - your bag's already full and you've got your phone to play with - but could picking …
8 years ago
Turning to snow to meet my mother
Tatyana McFadden was born in Russia with spina bifida - a deformity of the spine - and placed in a Russian orphanage.
Aged six she was adopted by an …
8 years, 1 month ago
Life in the dark shadow of Mini-Me
Verne Troyer played Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films. Following his recent death, fellow short person Eugene Grant says the character normalised vi…
8 years, 1 month ago
From Russian orphan to Team USA
Tatyana McFadden was born in Russia with spina bifida - a deformity of the spine - and placed in Orphanage Three, Saint Petersburg.
But at the age of …
8 years, 1 month ago
Hellblade: Psychosis story ‘mirrored mine’
The game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has won many awards and fans for its story and the way it depicts psychosis.
It follows Nordic warrior, Senua, o…
8 years, 1 month ago
Electronic voices: How Hawking let me talk too
Comedian Lost Voice Guy tells Ouch that the late Stephen Hawking made it more acceptable for people like him, who speak using a voice synth.
Also, sh…
8 years, 2 months ago
Ouch takeover: Inspirational speakers
Inspirational speaking and work has long been a part of the disability landscape. But how do you inspire without sounding like a cliché? It’s a conf…
8 years, 2 months ago
Off-piste at the Paras #9: Ghost town
Two 19 year old women brought home all seven medals for Great Britain from the Winter Paralympics.
On the last day, Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide J…
8 years, 2 months ago
Off-piste at the paras #8: Scott Meenagh: Losing my legs in Afghanistan was "a bad day at work"
Could you cover 60km on difficult terrain using just your arms?
British Nordic Sit-Skier Scott Meenagh has attempted that this week in the Biathlon an…
8 years, 2 months ago