SPD: Having babies left me disabled

Two pregnancies have left Lucilla Paull in a wheelchair. While she has no regrets at all about having her children, she does want to warn other women about SPD, a relatively common condition that is too often overlooked

Stammering: lost for words

Stammering in films is usually just for the sake of cruel laughs. So thank heavens for the The King's Speech, says Keith Austin, who, like George VI, learned to overcome this common but terrifying speech disorder

Benefits helped me turn my life around

Seaneen Molloy: I'm bipolar, and benefits aren't just a handout – they allowed me the time I needed to manage my illness and build for the future

The government is simply bullying disabled people

Lucy Glennon: Vital sources of support for disabled people are being torn from them, and myths about benefits encouraged

The challenges of disability and pregnancy

Expecting a baby can be a worrying time – but for people with disabilities, there are added anxieties

Vision chip: ‘People looked like ghosts’

Miikka Terho describes how he lost his sight and the learning process after surgeons fitted an electronic chip to restore it

Vision chip restores sight to blind man

The chip, which contains 1,500 light-sensitive elements, replaces damaged cells in a blind person's retina

Social care recipients to control their personal budgets

Government to announce expansion of scheme from November, giving patients total autonomy over payments

Sniffing device allows paralysed woman to communicate

The woman used the revolutionary device, which is controlled by sniffing, to write a letter to her children

The truth about recovering from a brain injury

Life after a brain injury teaches you a lot about yourself. But mainly it teaches you about the grind of illness and recovery