Category Archives: disability
When the loving care stops
As some disabled youngsters live their dreams at the Paralympics, others face spending their days in homes for the elderly
5:04PM BST 02 Sep 2012
In many respects, Jamie Gill is just like any other young adult. He has a “wicked sense of humour, and a particular fondness for blondes, wrestling and chocolate”, according to his mother, Anna. Jamie, 21, also has mitochondrial disease, a progressive genetic disorder that affects every system and organ in his body, in particular his muscles and brain. As a result, he is confined to a wheelchair and has problems communicating, although he can feed himself if someone cuts up the food. He also has diabetes, epilepsy and osteoporosis.
Paul Burstow: increasing the use of telehealth and telecare technologies in the UK
Paul Burstow MP gives an overview of the Whole System Demonstrator programme and discusses telehealth innovations in the UK and abroad.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/48601461[/vimeo]
Gruenenthal’s thalidomide apology ‘insulting’
The company which invented thalidomide has “insulted” those affected by the drug by issuing an “insincere” apology, campaigners have said.
The drug, sold in the 1950s as a cure for morning sickness, was linked to birth defects and withdrawn in 1961.
German-based Gruenenthal has issued its first apology in 50 years, but said the drug’s possible side-effects “could not be detected” before it was marketed.
But the UK’s Thalidomide Trust said any apology should also admit wrongdoing.
Nick Dobrik, a member of the trust’s national advisory council, said it “should be an unreserved apology, not a conditional apology”.
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