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'She's my heart, my glue in this family'

Susan Mead tries hard to keep life as normal as possible for her daughter Jacqueline.

Space suit helps Honor take control

4-year-old Honor Griffiths is learning to take her first steps thanks to a bungy-style suit originally used by Russian cosmonauts.

Disabled protest advisor job cuts

Members of Auckland's disabled groups have handed a petition signed by 500 asking Mayor Len Brown for a rethink of an Auckland Council restructuring move that axes the jobs of the region's disability advisers.

Leo's dad asked for $90,000

Exclusive: Samuel Forrest suggested as Leo's primary caregiver, he should be paid $90,000 in the first year and up to $70,000 the next.

Where has the money for baby Leo gone?

Kiwi father whose plea for help raised more than half a million dollars for his disabled son says flying business class was justified.

Sexy photos change image of war vets

An LA-based artist has photographed wounded veterans with a twist - rather than take "sorrowful" portraits, he's focused on their strength and sexuality.

Swim-to-work builders opened cave to disabled

Changing the face of modelling

An 18-year-old Australian model with Down syndrome is breaking down barriers and proving that a disability needn't stand in the way of a dream.

Pilot kicks autistic teen off flight

A controversial decision by a pilot to remove a family because their autistic daughter was being "disruptive" has received support from at least one passenger.

'Fat and ugly doesn't count as disabled'

A sick mother in the UK was left shocked when a vicious note was left on her windscreen after she used a disabled car park.

'Flying' baby's mission

A series of photographs hopes to raise awareness and "show people with Down Syndrome can do anything they put their minds to".

Disabled man in car, carer goes fishing

A severely intellectually disabled man was left to watch television for hours and left in the car as his caregiver went fishing.

Mum can't afford medicine

An 8-year-old Manurewa boy is one of 11,000 disabled children to lose a welfare benefit, even though his asthma is so bad that he missed one in every four school days.

Philosopher who hates success wins $2.5m prize

Jean Vanier dislikes success. To be precise, he dislikes the modern, secular "religion" of success.

Kiwi design gets kids on their feet

A doctor at the Starship children's hospital and an engineer from Auckland University have invented a better, cheaper and faster-to-make foot orthotic splint.

Deaf left in World Cup silence

Hearing-impaired cricket fans are missing out on the World Cup because they do not have access to captioning, the Foundation for the Deaf says.