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On both sides of the Atlantic disabled people are protesting, despite the sometimes tricky logistics.
In the UK, a mass lobby event was held on 21 May at Westminster to enable disabled people to 'green card' their MP. That means the MP is informed their constituent is waiting for them in Parliament and they should go and meet them. The hot topic for this event was the £5bn welfare cuts announced in the Spring Statement. But how successful was it?
Plus Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children? That’s the thought-provoking title of the Paralympian come TV presenter’s new documentary, which explores the decisions parents make when told their unborn child could be disabled. She chats about how it shaped her feelings around having children as a woman with an impairment that could be passed on, and what she learned by spending time with couples at a specialist foetal medicine unit.
Presented by Emma Tracey
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On both sides of the Atlantic disabled people are protesting, despite the sometimes tricky logistics.
In the UK, a mass lobby event was held on 21 May at Westminster to enable disabled people to 'green card' their MP. That means the MP is informed their constituent is waiting for them in Parliament and they should go and meet them. The hot topic for this event was the £5bn welfare cuts announced in the Spring Statement. But how successful was it?
Plus Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children? That’s the thought-provoking title of the Paralympian come TV presenter’s new documentary, which explores the decisions parents make when told their unborn child could be disabled. She chats about how it shaped her feelings around having children as a woman with an impairment that could be passed on, and what she learned by spending time with couples at a specialist foetal medicine unit.
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