Motor neurone disease has robbed me of what I value most – my voice
Jo Harris: As a barrister and judge, I made my living by speaking. How do I cope now that such an integral part of myself has been taken away from me?
Spending more time in the dark could boost hearing in old age
Dana Smith: Hope for non-invasive treatment for age-related deafness as scientists find neurons can compensate for disability at any age
Jacqueline Stokes obituary
Other Lives: Therapist who enabled many hearing-impaired children to listen and talk
Hearing dogs: ‘She is my ears’
Living with deafness can be a lonely, isolating experience. But dogs can offer love, company and independence to people with hearing loss
Lucy Mangan: who says 15 minutes is too short for a care visit? Chins up, people
More than 75% of care visits to the elderly and/or disabled take less than 15 minutes. Which is plenty of time, apparently
My life as a disabled student
Starting university is stressful for everyone, but disabled students have an extra set of worries, writes student blogger and campaigner Michaela Hollywood
Students with disabilities get a career boost
A new website aims to help them through the graduate application process and into a top job
Exercise and disability: ‘Now things hurt for the right reasons’
Shana Pezaro's life fell apart when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But, like many other people with disabilities, exercise has helped her to regain her confidence and self-esteem
Reel to real: Zambian TV show inspires sex education scheme for deaf people
Youth clubs based on Love Games series bring sex education to people with hearing disabilities to stem high levels of HIV
My battle with motor neurone disease – Neil Platt’s last interview
Neil Platt's battle with MND is the subject of a new film, I Am Breathing. In the last interview he gave before he died in 2009, published here for the first time, he describes his daily struggle