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‘Mum, my brain’: how I learned to walk, talk and even dance again after a devastating stroke at 36

I was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery. Two years into my recovery, can I learn how to find joy again?

I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol

In a bar in Bali, Ashley King was given a lethal drink. A day later, she realised she was going blind. She thought all her dreams were over – but the reality proved very different

Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan review – countering the stereotypes

The journalist’s second book offers positivity in the face of the obstacles confronting disabled girls and women

Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed – or terrified?

An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the start of a dystopia where a billionaire can access our thoughts?

Breakfast clubs must be for all children in England, say disability charities

Campaigners want Labour’s key education policy to provide food for primary aged pupils rather than just in schools

‘A 30-second walk would exhaust me beyond reason’: Natacha’s life with long Covid

Natacha Gray had an active life, diving, climbing and playing music, before illness left her so tired she would collapse on the way to the couch. She discusses two and a half devastating years – and how she stays optimistic

How do you describe the view to someone who can’t see? I couldn’t even do justice to a canal towpath

A day with some blind and partially sighted walkers has shown me how much I barely notice – and how hard it is to find the right words, writes Adrian Chiles

‘Any embarrassment is in your head!’: How hearing aids boost your health and happiness

There is still a stigma around hearing tests and hearing loss – even though excellent help is now at hand. It could just change your life

I have spent years in such pain that I begged for someone to cut my arm off. This is how I survived

Amy Pohl was working as a teacher when a medical accident left her with the condition CRPS. She talks about the agony that even doctors struggle to understand – and her new life as a TikTok star

I learned to love my disabled body – why can’t my non-disabled friends love theirs?

For years I blamed my disability for my adolescent unhappiness. Then, as an adult, I learned to embrace and celebrate my body. I wish others could do the same

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