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Touching hearts and minds
William is the service manager at our Randall Close Resource Centre in Wandsworth, London.
Sport makes me feel unstoppable
Kadeena is a Paralympic gold medalist in athletics and cycling.
Painting takes my mind off the stresses of life
Roger lives in a flat owned by Leonard Cheshire Disability next to our Seven Springs service in Kent. The former racing driver is now an acclaimed mouthpainting artist.
The right to an education
Ashwini is from a rural community in India, and was born with a visual impairment. She is a passionate campaigner for disability rights and has set up a school for disabled children in her community.
The self-taught Queen’s Young Leader
Mohammad is a disability campaigner and the leader of Leonard Cheshire Young Voices in Mauritius.
Regaining independence
Rosie lives at The Maples, our sheltered and supported living accommodation in Belfast.
Maisie Golding
Maisie was a Change 100 intern at Wall to Wall in 2015.
Assistive technology transforms lives
Learn how new assistive technology is helping change the day to day lives of residents living at St Teresa's
Finding confidence and new friends
Emmaculate took part in one of our i2i workshops in Nairobi. She tells us about her experience of job hunting and what she learned from the experience.
Sixty’s story – A rightful leader
Sixty Kamara was ready to take on a leadership role in his community in Sierra Leone, following in the footsteps of his father. But stigma around disability meant his community thought he was not ‘fit for the role’. Since then, Sixty has been...
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