Regina Mwangi goes to one of the best universities in East and Central Africa, yet poor wheelchair access and a lack of appropriate facilities pose a threat to her education. 

Mandela George Gaya had to overcome the attitudes of some of his own family members in order to get an education. They thought someone like him would not achieve anything in life and that an education would be a waste of time and resources.

Czarinah Mercado lives in the Philippines. She dreams of a stable job and to one day have her own business and her own family, but potential employers see her disability as a disadvantage. 

She has spent time honing her knowledge and skills in the hope that they’ll look past her disability and see her capabilities instead.

The looming European Elections on Thursday 23 May have been hitting the headlines before we even knew we’d be voting in them.

During all the pre-polling revelations, political comebacks and protests, what you may not have read is: what these elections mean for disabled people in the UK; how the issues of the European Parliament’s next term will impact disabled people; and what a future outside the EU could look like for disabled people.

March’s National Audit Report on disability employment support found that in the last 5 years the number of disabled people in employment rose by 930,000 – and yet the number of disabled people out of work has stayed about the same.

Joshua shares his experience of online hate crime while using Xbox live.

Emily — also known as blogger Fashioneyesta — told us about her experience of online hate crime.

Catherine shares what Solent Can Doers have been up to lately.

Our Leonard Cheshire Christmas Choir are making their final prepartions ahead of Tuesday's performance.

Amy tells us about her journey creating our first Christmas Choir.

Roger lives in a flat owned by Leonard Cheshire Disability next to our Seven Springs service in Kent. The former racing driver is now an acclaimed mouthpainting artist.