Primark launches clothing range designed for people with disabilities

Primark is releasing a range of adaptive clothing for men and women with disabilities. Photograph: Primark View image in fullscreen Primark is releasing a range of adaptive clothing for men…

Dressing for feel: four tactile approaches to putting on clothes

Closet clinicFashion Dressing for feel: four tactile approaches to putting on clothes Dressing can be ‘a guessing game’ for vision-impaired fashion lover Elin Williams. Dressing can be ‘a guessing game’…

I’m wondering if my mother has dyslexia. Should I tell her or let things be? | Leading questions

Loved ones aren’t in the position to diagnose each other, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith – but perhaps raise the general idea of different mental experiences My mother has always…

‘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…

Some people think they would rather die than have help brushing their teeth – but care is not tragic | Lucy Webster

For disabled people like me, care can be brilliant and has enabled me to experience university, holidays abroad and nights out dancing with pals. There is nothing to pity in…

A moment that changed me: after losing my hearing, newspapers helped me find a way to cope

The psychological effects of going deaf as a child were unbearable. But after stumbling across a front-page headline, reading the news helped me discover new worlds It was a long…

‘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…