Experience: I make prosthetic arms with Lego
I tested one by hitting it against a wall – the wall took the damage I was born with Poland syndrome, a disease that prevented the formation of my right…
‘I had to tape my fingers together to stop me tearing the skin’: the reality of living with Tourette syndrome
The singer Billie Eilish has spoken about living with the condition that affects 300,000 people in the UK. For many, trying to suppress their tics is exhausting. But others have…
Shielding vulnerable people from Covid | Letter
Charles Patmore suggests measures to protect those who feel abandoned after the relaxation of social distancing and mask-wearing There are permanent public health measures that could reduce the Covid-19 worries…
‘I don’t want to die’: the shielders who fear the end of Covid restrictions
Thousands of vulnerable people say they face permanent house arrest as others abandon masks and social distancing Shielders are feeling abandoned. In the nearly two years since they were first…
‘I had this strong feeling that my face was disfigured’ – Kitty Wallace, the body dysmorphic sufferer turned campaigner
Her early life was blighted by the condition, until a TV documentary changed everything. Now, she works for the UK’s leading support group Kitty Wallace remembers very clearly the first…