Sophie Dishman: my life as a young adult carer
I'm Sophie, a journalism student at university. I'm also a young adult carer.
2 Jan 2016
I'm Sophie, a journalism student at university. I'm also a young adult carer.
A disabled woman who has worked all her life has been told she will lose the Motability car that allows her to do her job, after being subjected to a 'degrading' capability assessment.
This is getting tedious. Something needs to change and it needs to change fast. Yet again I am reading stories online and in the papers which make no sense to me.
What we do
In a year-long study conducted by epilepsy specialists at the New York University Langone Medical Center, results have suggested that a derivative of medical marijuana effectively reduces seizure frequency and is safe for most children and young adults who have epilepsy.
Hundreds of patients are being sent outside their health board areas to receive mental health treatment every year, according to new figures.