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Ciara and Mark's relationship story
Ciara Evans
21 May 2012
I have been in a relationship with my fiancé Mark Lawrence for 9 and a half years. I met Mark at Guildford College in September 1996. We were on the same course together.
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A trip to a wheelchair tennis test event
Lloyd Page
17 May 2012
On 3 May I went to a test event at the Olympic Park. A test event is like a practice so that LOCOG can make sure everything will go well during the Games.
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Thoughts on The Undateables
Ciara Evans
11 April 2012
I saw the advert for the new documentary series on Channel 4 called The Undateables. The series follows people with a disability and their search for love. The advert was negative towards people with a disability. I felt that the way that it was publicised was negative and offensive to people with a disability. I also felt that the title of the series is really offensive to people with a disability.
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Will the Games be accessible?
Lloyd Page
21 March 2012
I am part of the Disability Community Engagement Team. There are about 20 people in the group. They have different disabilities. Mencap has been part of the group since 2004...
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Unfair labelling of disabled people
Ismail Kaji
29 July 2011
I think people with disabilities face a lot of barriers in their lives already and I think they are entitled to get the benefits they need.
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Make social care fair
Ismail Kaji
4 July 2011
There is not enough money in Social care. This is because the government hasn’t put enough money for in the social care system and there are lots more people who need help.
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Why aren't there more people with a disability in the media?
Ciara Evans
17 May 2011
Mencap today released the results of a survey that says that 52 per cent of the British population are unable to name a high profile person with a disability that they have seen in the media, and that 99 per cent of people were unable to correctly name someone with a learning disability.
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Who finds cruel comments funny?
Ciara Evans
5 April 2011
I remember first hearing what Frankie Boyle said about Katie Price’s son Harvey last year and being very shocked and thinking his comments were very cruel.
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Why shouldn’t I have these things?
Amy Clarke
29 March 2011
Today I wrote a letter to the editor of The Times about an article they had published called ‘Our immoral pretence at an ordinary life for people like Josie’.
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Government response to ‘Raising our sights’
Leroy Binns
11 February 2011
Have you seen the government response to the ‘Raising our sights’ report?
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