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Paralympics

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell during their Couple's Choice dance on Strictly Come Dancing
Richard Kramer

Disabled people were celebrated in 2024 – so why are so many fearing 2025?

Richard Kramer, chief executive of the national disability charity Sense, says the government has stark choices to make in the new year which could have a huge impact on disabled people’s lives
From Paralympic glory to assisted dying: These are the highs and lows of 2024 for disabled people
Philippa Willitts

From Paralympic glory to assisted dying: These are the highs and lows of 2024 for disabled people

Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
disability sport
Mikey Erhardt

Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport

Disabled people's health is 'shockingly neglected' in UK, research finds as Paralympics begins
Disability rights

Disabled people's health is 'shockingly neglected' in UK, research finds as Paralympics begins

How this year's Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old
Paralympics

How this year's Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old

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'We're going to war': Meet the wheelchair rugby stars 'normalising disability' at the Paralympics
Paralympics

'We're going to war': Meet the wheelchair rugby stars 'normalising disability' at the Paralympics

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'
Ed Jackson
Letter To My Younger Self

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'

Don't underestimate the power of the Paralympics
The Olympics and Paralympics symbols at the Bastille square in Paris.
Paul McNamee

Don't underestimate the power of the Paralympics

Paris Olympics: 'The city is under siege. I just want it all to be over'
Gendarmes outside the Gare de Nord train station in Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games
Robert McLiam Wilson

Paris Olympics: 'The city is under siege. I just want it all to be over'

'I felt intimidated': Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds
mary on a climbing wall
Disability rights

'I felt intimidated': Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Learning Disability Week 2024

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough

'Sport saved me': Paralympic legend Lauren Rowles on queer joy, Paris 2024 and becoming a mum
Sport

'Sport saved me': Paralympic legend Lauren Rowles on queer joy, Paris 2024 and becoming a mum

Sophie L Morgan: 'It’s radical being visible'
Sophie L Morgan
Letter to my Younger Self

Sophie L Morgan: 'It’s radical being visible'

These Paralympics heroes are also Big Issue sellers
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These Paralympics heroes are also Big Issue sellers