Did you know that David Starkey was born with two club feet and later caught polio? He's famous as a historian and as a star of television and radio. His disability was mentioned in this article about Starkey but he doesn't make much noise about it.

I'm grateful to 2 people on my Flist who showed me this article about Toxoplasma gondii affecting the human. Since that article names somebody I know quite well I passed him the link and he informed me that his work has been featured also in the Daily Mail. He's not actually named in this article there but from what he said to me, I think he's been ( Read more... )

Closer magazine always carries True Life stories, often about disabled people. This week it includes a feature on young Charlotte Nott. This child is also featured on the Meningitis UK website. I hope that, when she's old enough to judge, she'll be happy with her parents' decision to make her identity so public. If she were my daughter I'd probably ( Read more... )