A legacy to stand on: special report

After seeing the difference aid makes to the lives of disabled people in Uganda, Channel 4’s Ade Adepitan is lobbying for disability rights to be included in the UN’s millennium development goals.

Keme Nzerem meets the wheelchair motocross sensation Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham on his first European tour, with the Nitro Circus. Watch the amazing video.

A group of young disabled people launch their all party parliamentary group report on issues affecting them. Katie Razzall was there for Channel 4 News.

Last week, easyJet told Sophie Morgan she couldn’t fly alone because she uses a wheelchair. Ex-home secretary David Blunkett advises the airline on accessibility – watch what happened when they met.

Did the Paralympics make any difference to the daily lives of disabled people – or in attitudes to disability? Join the debate with our live blog.

From bonbons to bullying, rhubarb and custard to rooting out prejudice. In the last of our A legacy to stand on? reports, Katie Razzall visits a sweet shop in Kettering run by disabled school kids.

In a powerful blog, carer and campaigner Nicky Clark writes for Channel 4 News on the pain of coping with her daughter’s “hidden disability”, as part of the A legacy to stand on? series.

Richard Lawrence, who has a learning disability and has been a victim of hate crime, writes for Channel 4 News on his experience and how working together can tackle the problem.

Half a million people are to be taken out of benefit and that will affect disabled sports people as much as others. Keme Nzerem has been hearing their views.

Sophie Morgan, who investigated the difficulties of air travel for disabled people on Channel 4 News earlier this week, is told by easyJet that she cannot fly unaccompanied because of her disability.

Have attitudes changed towards disability as a result of the Paralympic Games? Presenter and wheelchair basketball player Jordan Jarrett-Bryan takes a look, in the latest in our week-long special.

Paralympians like Oscar Pistorius inspired the world. But for many amputees, the reality is different, as Paralympic presenter Daraine Mulvihill finds out for our ‘A legacy to stand on?’ series.

“Mate crime” occurs when a person with learning disabilities is befriended, then abused. Katie Razzall met Nicky Aver, who has suffered at the hands of so-called friends.

Horror stories about broken equipment and even being unable to use the toilet on planes are not the exception for disabled people – they are the norm, Channel 4 News finds in a series on disability.