Disability news roundup: Mind reading, boarding school for the blind, renting accessible accommodation
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| 12:32 UK time, Friday, 16 November 2012
This week a number of articles have been written to accompany disability related TV and radio programmes.
Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh %3Ca%20href="/news/health-20268044">wrote for 91Èȱ¬ News about Monday's Panorama programme. %3Ca%20href="%3Ca%20href="/programmes/b01ny377">The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice, follows a group of people with severe brain injuries who cannot speak or physically indicate how they feel. The programme investigates new methodss which may help them communicate and that are currently being trialed.
It tells of vegetative patient Scott Routley, who, when his brain was scanned in a particular way, was able to relay that he is not in pain using only his thoughts. It is hoped that, in future, this method could also be employed to help people like Scott make choices related to food, personal care and even entertainment.
Also on Monday, journalist and wheelchair user Paul Carter %3Ca%20href="/news/uk-england-somerset-20270101">wrote about his film for Inside Out West and London, which showed the difficulties disabled people have when looking for suitable rental accommodation. Paul's week of house hunting in Bath %3Ca%20href="/programmes/b01nwd72">yielded mixed results, leading to a suggestion that it should become compulsory for landlords and agents to provide simple accessibility information about their properties.
Disability correspondent Peter White was the presenter of %3Ca%20href="/programmes/b01ntg53">From Worcester With Love, Wednesday's 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 documentary about life at a boarding school for blind children. Now called New College Worcester, he writes of his time there in the 1960s and %3Ca%20href="/news/magazine-20299843">compares his experience with its present day pupils.
Elsewhere in the news
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/social-care-network/social-life-blog/2012/nov/16/working-children-disabilities-india">Why I wanted to work with children with disabilities in India (Guardian Professional, Friday 16 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/uk-wales-20344407">Visually impaired live in poverty says RNIB report (91Èȱ¬ Wales, Thursday 15 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/uk-wales-20337384">Hate crime play taken to schools in Bridgend (91Èȱ¬ Wales, Thursday 15 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/antipsychotic-drugs-can-lead-to-startling-weight-gain-8316882.html">Anti-psychotic drugs can lead to 'startling weight gain' (The Independent, Thursday 15 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/health-20300506">'Catastrophic failings' in schizophrenia care (91Èȱ¬ News, Wednesday 14 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/13/welfare-cut-proposals-ministers-budget?CMP=twt_gu">Welfare cut proposals to go before ministers (The Guardian, Tuesday 13 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/health-20297386">'Calm down' genes treat epilepsy in rats (91Èȱ¬ News, Monday 12 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/social-care-network/2012/nov/12/skyfail-bond-villain-mental-health-stigma">Skyfail: why the new Bond villain perpetuates mental health stigma (Guardian Professional, Monday 12 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/12/fit-for-work-tests-employment-support">Opinion: Fit-for-work tests are exposed, again - change this shocking tactic now (the Guardian, Monday 12 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/12/disabled-not-encouraged-teacher-training-costs">Where are the disabled teachers? (The Guardian, Monday 12 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9651933/Mental-illness-at-work-the-last-taboo.html">Mental illness at work: the last taboo (The Telegraph, Monday 12 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/health-20265786">Depression in pregnancy 'risk to future mental health' (91Èȱ¬ News, Sunday 11 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/11/thinking-numbers-maths-daniel-tammet">Daniel Tammet: 'Maths is as rich, inspiring and human as literature' (The Observer, Sunday 11 November)
%3Ca%20href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/11/deaf-voices-mocked">Opinion: Deaf voices are natural, so why are they still mocked? (The Observer, Sunday 11 November)
%3Ca%20href="/news/uk-northern-ireland-20274051">Special Me... the truth about turning 18 with a disability (91Èȱ¬ News Northern Ireland, Saturday 10 November)
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At 16th Nov 2012, %3Ca%20href="/blogs/profile.shtml?userid=14451105" class="comment_username_2453931">Angela C-B wrote:We cant find suitable accessible accommodation been at top of medical need waiting list for 2+yrs, keep trying to get us to move into a 2 bed rabbit hutch where can not use wheelchair properly or house working wife and personal assistant. We need an open plan 3bed bungalow. Severely mobility disabled. Peterborough CC have been less than helpful.
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