By Hannah Bettsworth, Campaigner and Liberal Democrat My disability is an invisible one – dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, a specific learning difficulty. The single most common thing I get asked is ‘is that like dyslexia?’ The answer is – no, not really. It’s part of the same group of disorders, but the person who…

By Liam McGinley My name is Liam McGinley, I am 17 years and am diagnosed with autism. I go to secondary school. School was the only place where I could be sociable but I would sometimes walk about by myself minding my own business during school intervals because I felt comfortable with it, apart from that…

By Sarah Eckford, SNP campaigner A month or two ago, I heard about a campaign called the One in Five Campaign.  It is built on the premise that roughly 1 in 5 people in society have some kind of disability and this should be represented in areas of political representation, as well as within wider…