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To infinity and beyond: world’s first disabled astronaut rides the ‘vomit comet’

John McFall is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first ever para-astronaut, selected to study how achievable it is for someone with a physical disability to be blasted off into space.

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Fuel poverty fighter: disabled woman challenged government’s weak benefits system

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Coroner warns of autism assessment delays after death of nine-year-old boy

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Coroner warns of severe mental health understaffing following a harrowing suicide case

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Benefits health assessments system continues to let people down, says MPs

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Mental health workforce plan boosted by funding from the Welsh government

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New model created to detect early signs of mental disorders

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Food insecurity could permanently impact a child’s develop, research shows

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Factors associated with autism led to euthanasia, study finds

A study has discovered several Netherlands-based people with learning disabilities and autism chose to die legally through euthanasia and assisted suicide due to feeling unable to cope with the world, changes around them or because they struggled to form friendships.