Deaf and disabled actors are bringing a fresh dimension to the much-loved tale in Leeds Playhouse’s new production. The creative team explain its ‘aesthetics of access’
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You’re meant to shut up, keep still and pay attention at the theatre – but what if that’s a problem? We examine the rise of ‘relaxed’ spaces where anything goes
Narelle Reynolds, who has two disabled sons, says her family has been pushed into homelessness
Indigenous All Stars invited nine-year-old rugby fan after seeing video of him crying
Rachel Browne told the disability royal commission that when the nurse rolled her eyes at her son Finlay, she knew he wouldn’t get the help he needed
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2020/feb/19/should-we-edit-our-dna-the-gene-gap-watch-and-listen
Gene editing technologies such as Crispr-Cas9 have the capability to rewrite our DNA and change life as we know it. In this new series, we spoke to people around the UK who could be touched by the new technology.
Botched transfer had knock-on effect on councils’ financial assessments
Motor neurone disease has left the French hip-hop artist totally immobile – yet he still found the means to compose a remarkable album inspired by Kate Bush
Poor housing, poverty and isolation all contribute to the experience of pain and desperately need to be addressed