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UNLAWFUL BANS USED BY 83% OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
December 2018
Every time Rachael Smith took her two-year-old son, James, out in the car she knew that there was a risk – but she had no choice. James is blind, has global development delay and epilepsy that canâ€...
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO END EQUIPMENT CRISIS
December 2018
Tamsin and Nick Sapwell have five children, university student Thomas, 14-year-old Molly, 10-year-old Rose and three-year-old Florence who shares a bedroom with her two-year-old brother Benjamin. Abou...
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FAMILY RIPPED APART WITHOUT DISABILITY EQUIPMENT
November 2018
A Lincoln family is being ripped apart because a divorced dad has been denied the specialist equipment that would enable his disabled son to stay with him all because of a draconian health and social ...
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CHARITY LIFELINE FOR TERMINALLY ILL BABY
August 2018
A disabled children’s charity stepped in to help a terminally ill ten-month-old when Nottinghamshire health and social care’s red tape meant they couldn’t act quickly enough. Courtney Hutchinson...
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CHILDREN IN DERBYSHIRE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP
February 2018
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children is urging local people to join forces to raise money so 14 children across Derbyshire get the disability equipment they desperately need. Newlife needs to r...
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LEICESTERSHIRE’S CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP
February 2018
Newlife, the Charity for Disabled Children is urging local heroes to come forward to raise money for 19 disabled and terminally ill children in Leicestershire who desperately need specialist disabilit...
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NO MORE NIGHT TIME TERRORS THANKS TO CHARITY’S EMERGENCY SERVICE
January 2018
When three-year-old Lilly Pickard-Sykes wakes in the middle of the night she repeatedly bangs her head and gets her arms and legs stuck between the bars of her cot bed, leaving her bruised and at seri...
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SEATING SUPPORT FOR DARCY’S CONSTANT PAIN
November 2017
Teenager Darcy Wrigley has metal rods in her spine and pins in her hips following corrective surgery. In constant pain, it’s very difficult for her to be comfortable and relax, even when she is at h...
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EQUIPMENT DELAY STOPPED ASHER’S PLAY
November 2017
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children has launched a new fundraiser in conjunction with independent businesses to help support disabled children and their families across the UK, featuring some of...
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CAR JOURNEYS WERE DANGEROUS FOR FILIP
October 2017
Car journeys with six-year-old William Emmons were ‘a nightmare’ for mum Julie. William has autism – and, because of his condition, absolutely no awareness of danger. He becomes very anxious whe...
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