Rebecca Saunders-Brown was told she might never walk again without crutches but is encouraging people to take part in a challenge for the Alzheimer's Society.
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Paramedic, Debbie Foster, from Burnley, gave birth to her son, Max, on January 31, 2020. Due to complications, they had to Debbie and Max had to stay in the hospital an extra week. Just as they got home to father and husband Mikey who is also a paramedic and started to make plans, the world began to shut down. At this point Mikey became ill with the virus and had to isolate away from Debbie and Max. Debbie talks about how her mental health was affected during this time. Debbie said: “I felt like a total failure as a mum, with all these perfect posts on social media of parents with their little ones doing hand paintings and making scrap books in their first months.
By Eduardo Reyes2021-04-30T10:32:00+01:00
The Solicitors Regulation Authority and its exam provider Kaplan have been accused of signalling to disabled people that they are not welcome in the profession, by barring the use of popular assistive technology products in the Solicitors Qualifying Examination part 1.
Candidates who routinely depend on specific assistive technology products could instead sit with an ‘amanuensis’ – a person who will read out the 360 questions and 1,440 multiple choice answers and input the candidate’s response. Extra time will be allowed for these candidates.
The prospect of assistive technology such as Jaws, Dragon and ClaroRead being barred from the exam has been criticised by the Law Society’s Lawyers with Disabilities Division (LDD), which first raised the issue with the SRA in 2017. LDD chair Jane Burton, who is also a member of the SRA’s SQE reference group, told the