‘Ataxia’ describes a range of neurological disorders that affect balance, coordination and speech. There are many different types of ataxia that affect people in different ways and for nine-year-old Ronnie, this means he’s never been able to walk, has difficulty swallowing, coping with loud noises and has a squint....
It’s a shocking statistic that there are parts of the UK where more than half of the children are growing up in poverty. The figures have been revealed in a study published in January by the End Child Poverty coalition, of which the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is a...