It's 20 years since The Spastics Society renamed itself Scope. Other disability charities have changed their names since. But in disability, what is a good name for a charity? In 1994 Blur and ...

It's 20 years since The Spastics Society renamed itself Scope. Other disability charities have changed their names since. But in disability, what is a good name for a charity? In 1994 Blur and ...

The term was once very acceptable and before 1994, Scope was called the Spastics Society. My full medical condition is Spastic Quadriplegia Athetoid, which basically means my coordination in all ...

ADAPT, formerly known as Spastics Society of India, set up by Dr Mithu Alur celebrated the seventh edition of the awards set up by the organisation to recognise the efforts of people and families ...

New Habit Patterns. Spastics, or victims of “cerebral palsy,” are one of the biggest and most neglected groups of handicapped U.S. citizens. Some 300,000 of them are under 21. The cause of ...

The statue aims to question the historical tradition of seeing disability and charity as pitiful A giant sculpture of an old Spastics Society collection box has been erected in central London.

Twenty minutes later and headlining act, Daniel Kitson, is on stage at the Leicester Square Theatre. ‘No one tells me that I don’t like the spastics,’ he says, unzipping a faded blue hoodie top to ...

A decision to give a Centrelink officer his job back after he called some clients "spastics" and "junkies" is being appealed. The Department of Human Services said on Friday it has lodged an ...

Come September, a unique 'swayamvar sabha' will be organised in the city, exclusively for spastic people. “Around 550 spastics, who are not mentally challenged and above 21 years of age with little ...