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Why I have the social skills of a used teabag

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When an old colleague returns to work. Maura's Asperger's syndrome means she doesn't hold back her thoughts about her friend's new hair style.

Virtual reality game takes on dementia

Researchers hope the technology could lead to a way of diagnosing dementia at its earliest stage.

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Health
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Drunk people ask the most awkward questions

Lost Voice Guy uses an iPad to speak and is an expert handler of awkward questions.

Sport GB's Wiggs wins fifth world title

  • 25 August 2017
  • From the section Sport

Newsbeat Reading achieves 'disability gold' status

  • 28 August 2017
  • From the section Home

'I don't blame rugby for my MND'

  • 29 August 2017
  • From the section Scotland

Features

Ouch: Disability Talk

Get the latest episodes of the Ouch podcast as well as more features and videos

  • 29 November 2016

The nun who prayed and made me walk

A family holiday to Paris ends in a nun believing she has performed a miracle on a surly teenager.

How Al Pacino came to my rescue

Sensing an epileptic fit is imminent Frank turns to a tried and tested way of controlling his episodes and leans on Al Pacino in a pub.

The masseuse who pulled my arm out

When Angela treated herself to a massage she forgot to mention her hidden disability, resulting in the masseuse getting a surprise of her own.

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Tales of the Misunderstood

A badly timed dislocation, and the wheelchair user who stunned a praying nun by walking.

A pedometer saved my life

After decades of eating and drinking too much, Graham Ward was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

  • 27 August 2017
  • From the section Health

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