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Black History Month (Forward - Autumn 2025)

1 October 2025

Black History Month takes place in October, but SIA member Ifeanyi Nwokoro asks – to be effective, shouldn’t conversations about…

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Something Wicked - interview with Marissa Bode (Forward - Autumn 2025)

20 September 2025

Wicked movie star Marissa Bode made history last year as the first spinal cord injured actress to play a wheelchair-using…

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Power in Words (Forward - Autumn 2025)

15 September 2025

Award-winning writer, poet and disability activist Bethany Handley, 26, from south Wales believes poetry is a powerful form of activism,…

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Ceramic Sisters (Forward - Autumn 2025)

10 September 2025

When artist Emily Kilby, 27, from Hertfordshire, sustained her incomplete SCI caused by Transverse Myelitis she thought she’d have to…

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Sailing to a new future (Forward - Summer 2025)

5 June 2025

After years spent in a nursing home following his spinal cord injury and mental health issues, Ian Wyllie, decided to…

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A new chapter: Abbie's story (Forward - Summer 2025)

5 June 2025

When Abbie Webb, 32, from Gloucester, had a spinal stroke at home alone, she managed to use her nose to…

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Capturing the wild (Forward - Summer 2025)

5 June 2025

SCI wildlife artist John Cressey, 48, from Exeter, shares how he brings animals and birds to life through his extraordinary…

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Tommy - Team SIA London Marathon (Forward - Spring 2025)

14 March 2025

When Tommy Rowlingson takes on the London Marathon in April to raise funds for SIA, it’ll be a pretty special…

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Paddle Power (Forward - Spring 2025)

3 March 2025

When Will Behenna, 52, from Wimborne in Dorset discovered paddleboarding, he found an unrivalled freedom and independence from being back…

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Prioritising women's health after SCI (Forward - Spring 2025)

3 March 2025

As the inequalities faced by women navigating healthcare systems after SCI are highlighted, SIA’s first ever women’s health taskforce continues…

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Lights, camera, action (Forward - Spring 2025)

3 March 2025

TV producer Ella Beaumont, 29, from Aylesbury has worked in the industry for 10 years after earning a coveted spot…

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A Mother's Love (Forward - Spring 2025)

3 March 2025

After her cauda equina syndrome (CES) diagnosis, Amy Moss, 37, from Bristol, had to adapt her role as a mum….

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