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• The healing powers of Nintendo

  by Anabel Unity Sale It's official: playing Nintendo Wii games is good for your health. According to a study by researchers at Newcastle University's Institute of Neuroscience, children with hemiplegia cerebral palsy can benefit from playing specially... Posted Jul 10 2008, 05:38 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: disability, anabel unity sale, disabled children

• UN ratifies disability convention

  By Keith Sellick The UN has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . Ecuador became the 20th country signing the convention, which gave it legal force in the international community. Read More... Posted Apr 08 2008, 02:46 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: disability

• Tilly Trotter: A modern day Robin Hood

  by Keith Sellick A visually impaired 74-year-old grandmother has a one in a million shot with a bow and arrow . Even Errol Flynn couldn't do that! Read More... Posted Mar 27 2008, 11:38 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: disability

• Green Paper: Don't forget disabled people

  by Mithran Samuel Adult social care has re-emerged in recent years as a political issue of some salience. The story count on the sector in the national press has picked up notably (with indignity in care and the prospect that care fees will drain people... Posted Mar 17 2008, 09:13 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, Department of Health, disability, Liberal Democrats, Leonard Cheshire Disability, BBC, Mithran Samuel, government, Wanless report