On Saturday 3rd August 2013, two aspiring MMA competitors were minutes away from making history. 28-year-old David Steffan with cerebral palsy and 23-year-old Garrett Holeve with Down’s Syndrome were squaring up to take part in the first ever cage fight between two disabled mixed martial artists. But, just as another barrier to disability was… Read more »

  Years ago, I thought I’d have a crack at being a stand up comic! I ‘performed’ on a number of open mike nights at various rowdy open-mike nights with varying degrees of success. It’s a merciless profession, which few have truly mastered. But how do you go about taking the stage, if you can’t… Read more »

  Just three months after Colin Brewer was forced to stand down, amid the outrage caused by his claim that disabled children should be “put down”, the councillor for Cornwall has regained seat by just four votes. Though democracy dictates that the result should stand, there are many disabled charities and members of the disabled… Read more »

  Charisse Hogan is a remarkable 19-year-old lady with cerebral palsy and ataxia. Hers has not been the easiest of childhoods. At school, other children laughed at the way she walked and mocked her speech impediment. She spent a great deal of her time alone and confused, wondering why she was so different from everyone… Read more »

  Just a week after Jack Carroll, the 14-year-old disabled comic with cerebral palsy appeared on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ , Francesca Martinez, the established comedienne with the same condition was interviewed on Jonathan Ross’s show to promote her latest stand-up tour. If that was not enough, this very morning I learnt of another comedy act… Read more »