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Invaluable group for Disabled and Carers set up by East Croydon couple
Disabled Parents and Carers Together group hailed invaluable by East Croydon couple
A DISABLED couple who dedicate their lives to looking after each other have hailed the start of a new “life-saving” support group.
Mandy Maddock and her husband Alun are both blind and depend on each other to get through everyday life by being each other’s carers.
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Alun and Mandy Maddock, who live in East Croydon, are both blind and care for each other. They said the Disabled Parents and Carers Together group would be ‘invaluable’
The couple, from East Croydon, say there is not enough support for disabled carers but have welcomed the idea of a new group which has been set up to specifically help them and others in similar situations.
The Disabled Parents and Carers Together (DPACT) group has been set up to offer help, guidance and a listening ear to those who look after other people while having a disability themselves.
Guide dog attacked by another dog in Norwich
Guide dog attacked by another dog in Magdalen Street Norwich
David Bale Thursday, March 29, 2012
9:52 AM
A guide dog suffered a deep cut under her eye and needed antibiotics after she was “savaged” by another dog in Norwich yesterdaymorning.
The guide dog was with its blind owner when it was attacked by a Staffie-type dog outside one of the two Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind shops in Magdalen Street at about 10.30am.
The incident has prompted calls for compulsory microchipping for all dogs in England to encourage responsible dog ownership and help reduce the number of attacks on guide dogs.
Disability documentaries to be aired on BBC One and Radio 5 live
BBC announces new disability season
The BBC has announced a new season of disability documentaries to be aired on BBC One and Radio 5 live.
The documentaries will tackle the reality of disability in the 21st century, telling the stories of disabled people and their families as they tackle new stages and phases in their lives.
In Racing With the Hamiltons: Nic in the Driving Seat (6 March), BBC One follows Lewis Hamilton’s younger borther Nic (born with cerebral palsy) in his first season as a racing driver. Rosa Monckton she speaks to parents facing the challenge of enabling their learning disabled children to live independently in Letting Go (13 March).
On 20 March, EastEnders actress Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell) takes to the screen to talk about the debate over making the best decision for her profoundly deaf six-year-old daughter in My Daughter, Deafness and Me.
