Girl, 4, can see for the first time thanks to miracle stem cell operation
A little girl who has been blind since birth has seen her mother and father for the first time - at the age of four.
View ArticleI owe it all to my blind parents
reveals Sugababe Jade Ewen as she plans to treat them to the best Christmas ever
View ArticleDisabled 11-year-old’s death ‘may have been caused by baby-shaking a decade...
An 11-year-old left permanently disabled after she was shaken by her mother's former boyfriend when she was a baby, has been found dead in bed by her mother.
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Boy, 3, born without part of his brain baffles doctors after learning to walk
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Angry mother says people 'tut' at her blind toddler as they assume his white cane is a toy
View ArticleToddler facing blindness from a birthmark is refused laser treatment to save...
A toddler faces a lifetime of blindness and disfigurement after her NHS Trust refused to fund life-changing laser surgery which would save her sight.
View ArticleGrandparents to stand trial over death of disabled girl
The County Antrim grandparents of a severely disabled 14-year-old girl who died in 2001 are to stand trial accused of unlawfully killing her.
View ArticleHow blind grandfather could ‘see’ his grandson for the first time with...
It is the moment grandfather Elias Konstantopoulos has been dreaming of after losing his sight - 'seeing' his grandson for the first time.
View ArticleChannel 4 ‘to stand by joke about Jordan’s blind son’
Channel 4 will refuse to apologise over its decision to broadcast an offensive Frankie Boyle joke about the disabled son of glamour model Katie Price, it has been claimed.
View ArticleThe little girl who can finally smile again!
Life-changing surgery for Zosia, two, who was denied NHS treatment for birthmark that threatened to leave her blind
View ArticleBoy, two, is first person in the world to be born with an extra strand of DNA
A two-year-old boy has become the only person in the world to be diagnosed with an extra strand in his DNA.
View ArticleWill a million schoolchildren play Paralympic sport?
With barely 500 days to the Paralympics, an effort to change perceptions of disability will feature able-bodied children playing blind football and seated volleyball
View ArticleCaerphilly mother’s terminally ill care funding despair
The mother of a terminally-ill girl says she has considered putting her into care because of funding delays.
View ArticleThe mother who can’t recognise her own children
Agony of woman who suffers from 'face blindness'
View ArticleHow boy who lost his sight aged five became judo champion ‘The Blind Fury’
* Rare reaction to penicillin led to lesions in his mouth, loss of finger nails and his corneas burnt away, leaving him blind
View ArticleChemical attack part-blinds girl, 13, in Islington
A grandfather has spoken of his fury after his teenage granddaughter had ammonia thrown in her face in an apparently unprovoked attack.
View ArticleSugababe Jade Ewen, carer to her blind Mum and Dad, says
'It's down to them I became a popstar'
View ArticleReading for my blind grandfather
Sarah Franklin grew up reading aloud to her grandfather, who was blind – a privilege that she will always treasure
View ArticleDrunk ladette who nearly blinded grandmother-of-three with stiletto at pub...
A mother who almost blinded a grandmother with her stiletto heel in a drunken rage has been spared jail – so she can continue to care for her son.
View ArticleBlind ‘Superman’ saves teenage girl by following her screams after she was...
Morgan Trujillo was heading out on her black horse to round up some cows last week when disaster struck.
View ArticleMeet the amazing piano prodigy, 8, who can breeze through Tchaikovsky and...
Meet the amazing eight-year-old piano prodigy who is totally blind, yet has no trouble breezing through Tchaikovsky and Mozart concertos while most children her age are getting to grips with their...
View ArticleHow iPads could help ‘blind’ children to see
Every visually impaired child tested was 'enthralled' by the device, say scientists
View ArticleUK’s youngest eye transplant patient Eva Joyce sees her mother for the first...
It was the Christmas gift her parents feared she would never receive. Eva Joyce, who was born blind, is able to see her mum and dad for the first time after becoming the youngest patient in the UK to...
View ArticleMother raises £250,000 to save her son, 11, from blindness
A mother has raised £250,000 to fund pioneering research in a desperate attempt to save her son’s eyesight. As a result of Emma Salisbury’s tireless efforts over the past six years, the first patients...
View ArticleEdward Taylor, 65, kicked out of home by daughter, 25, after making blind...
A disabled pensioner has been kicked out of his family home by his 25-year-old daughter after getting his blind lover, 22, pregnant. Retired lorry driver Edward Taylor, 65, was told to leave the...
View ArticlePlaying video games ‘improves eyesight’– Telegraph
Rare conditions like childhood cataracts cause near blindness in infancy, and even if corrected with surgery patients suffer from impaired sight throughout their adult life. But playing video games...
View ArticleLola Walters: Blind teenage gymnast who is taking America by storm | Mail Online
With her incredible jumps and flips on the gymnastics beam and brave maneuvers on the parallel bars, 13-year-old Lola Walters has been taking America by storm. But every time she reaches for the beam...
View ArticlePrince Harry nails the casual look as he makes relaxed appearance at Bahamas...
Prince Harry appears to be enjoying his Caribbean tour – and is even making friends along the way. Looking happy and relaxed, the young Royal chatted with primary school student of the year Anna...
View ArticlePrince Harry outshone by girl’s speech – Telegraph
Anna Albury, 12, told 11,000 students in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, that “although I am blind, I do not accept this as a disadvantage”, as she encouraged others to “pursue your dreams”. Prince...
View ArticleVideo: Blind student Anna Albury on meeting Prince Harry – Telegraph
During the youth rally in Nassau, Prince Harry befriended Anna Albury, a blind 12-year-old who told the crowds that “although I am blind, I do not accept this as a disadvantage”, as she encouraged...
View ArticlePlaying Tetris ‘could cure children of lazy eye’ and spell the end for...
For generations, children have been warned that sitting in front of a screen for too long will give them square eyes. But an hour a day spent playing computer games can actually help to cure a lazy...
View Article‘Now she has her mummy back’: Soldier blown up in Iraq reveals how losing a...
You might think having her leg shattered in an Iraqi mortar attack was bad enough. But for Hannah Campbell, the only mother in the British Army to lose a limb in a war zone, it was just the start. The...
View ArticleBlind gran’s lost novel is recovered by forensic experts after her pen ran...
Blind gran’s lost novel is recovered by forensic experts after her pen ran dry Police scientists spent five months rescuing the missing pages Unravelled mystery by studying indentations made by Trish...
View ArticleCan having a side fringe give you a lazy eye? As one eye doctor warns...
It’s a hairstyle favoured by celebs from Rihanna to Justin Bieber and often copied by their young fans. But a leading optometrist has warned that having a side fringe that falls into the face can cause...
View ArticleFashion victim: Warning – fads can damage your health – The Independent
It is a must-have hairdo for emo kids everywhere. So, news that their trendy coiffure, rather than having fringe benefits, could in fact be damaging their eyesight made headlines across the globe....
View ArticleLetters: Special needs children have a right to inclusion | Education | The...
The “next steps” document on special needs education, following the Queen’s speech, drives a coach and horses through the aspiration to inclusion (Special needs kids deserve better than a rush to...
View ArticleBlind musicians lose their fear of the dark | The Guardian
Growing up in northern Iran, Fereshteh Khosroujerdy loved to sing. Everyone who heard her voice in the streets would hug and kiss her and tell her how beautiful it was. Everyone, that is, except her...
View ArticleThe little boy who was born with no eyes (but loves playing with a torch...
This is the boy who was born with no eyes, but is heartbreakingly happy when shining a torch at his face. Since he was eight months old, Marwanijun has been flashing light at the socket where his left...
View ArticleEye cancer: Katy Bishop’s campaign leads to new parents being taught about...
A mother, whose son lost his sight to eye cancer, has welcomed an initiative to teach all new parents about the disease. Katy Bishop’s son Owen, 2, displayed all the classic symptoms of the disease...
View ArticleVisually-impaired teen’s inspired business printing menus written in Braille...
A visually-impaired 15-year-old girl has launched a business that offers Braille menus to restaurants. Sophie Trist, a teenager from Mandeville, New Orleans, came up with her clever business idea after...
View ArticleThe boy who can only see in the dark: Rare condition means child, 3, is...
Three-year-old Harvey Webb has a rare condition that means he is blinded by light – and has to wear special heavy-duty sunglasses to help him see. Parents Louise and Andy, have resorted to keeping...
View ArticleLondon 2012: how the children of Great Ormond Street Hospital took centre...
For most of those taking part in Friday’s ceremony, it was the culmination of months of practice. But nine young patients of Great Ormond Street Hospital only took part in their first rehearsal on...
View ArticleBritish children who spend more time outside ‘are less likely to become...
Children who regularly play outdoors are less likely to become short-sighted as teenagers, a study has found. Previous research has linked time spent outside with good eyesight but scientists haven’t...
View ArticleBoy disabled at birth after doctors failed to spot plummeting blood sugar...
A boy left brain damaged as a baby after doctors failed to spot his blood sugar levels had plummeted is set to be awarded more than £1million in compensation. Lucas Hillier began suffering from...
View ArticleBoy, 15, loses eye after railway line detonator blows up in his face when he...
A schoolboy has been blinded in one eye after an unmarked box of railway detonators he and some friends had put on a fire exploded. Harvey Rowe, 15, entered a railway depot through a broken fence with...
View ArticleParalympics 2012: Nyree Kindred claims silver for GB moments before...
Russell, fresh from receiving her GCSE results, was involved in the first real ding-dong race of the swimming meet. Her and eventual winner Oxana Savchenko could not be separated for most of the race...
View ArticleHow I met my daughter – Telegraph
This set out to be the account of a father becoming reacquainted with his handicapped daughter. It has turned out more complicated than that. I’ll start with the simple stuff. I’m the father, a jobbing...
View ArticleFather-of-three diagnosed with eye tumour during routine examination | Mail...
A father-of-three was relieved he had followed the well known advice and gone to a Specsavers – after a routine eye test revealed a life-threatening tumour. Lorry driver Gareth Wells, 48, went to see...
View ArticleFather-of-three diagnosed with eye tumour during routine examination | Mail...
A father-of-three was relieved he had followed the well known advice and gone to a Specsavers – after a routine eye test revealed a life-threatening tumour. Lorry driver Gareth Wells, 48, went to see...
View ArticleGirl, 17, left blind in one eye after trying to stop thug attacking her...
A teenager was left blind in one eye when she stepped in to stop a violent thug from attacking her friends with a broken wine bottle. Megan Kerrigan took the full force of the jagged glass in her face...
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