Shock tactics: Treatment or torture?
Ed Pilkington visits the Boston school that uses electric shock as a treatment for children and adults with severe autism or emotional problems
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