Brain chips: the Sydney researchers ‘miles ahead’ of Elon Musk’s Neuralink
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by Tory Shepherd
2d ago
Multiple Australian projects are on the cutting edge of neurotech breakthroughs and man-machine interfaces – raising questions of security and privacy for human minds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Brain-computer interface technology is at the core of movies such as Ready Player One, The Matrix and Avatar. But outside the realm of science fiction, BCI is being used on Earth to help paralysed people communicate, to study dreams and to control robots. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced i ..read more
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Kaylea Titford had no care plan in place when she died, review finds
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by Steven Morris
4d ago
Kaylea, 16, found in conditions ‘unfit for any animal’ after her death in Newtown, Wales, in October 2020 A 16-year-old girl with “significant and chronic disabilities” who died in squalor at her family home in rural mid-Wales did not have a care plan in place, a child practice review into her death has found. Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and used a wheelchair, was found in conditions described as “unfit for any animal” in Newtown, Powys, leading to her parents being jailed for manslaughter by gross negligence ..read more
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I lost a leg after being crushed by a lorry. I cried a lot – then got on with building a new life
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by Coco Khan
6d ago
Victoria Lebrec forgave the driver who almost killed her. Nine years on, she is happy, active, at peace with her changed body. But she is still fighting to make the roads safer Victoria Lebrec can’t be sure if what she knows about 8 December 2014 is from her own memory, or the BBC video cameras that captured her bleeding heavily at the side of the road, tyre marks visible across her crushed pelvis from the lorry that knocked her from her bicycle. Or maybe what she knows is from the CCTV footage that was reviewed first as evidence in a criminal case and then in a gruelling, victim-blaming strug ..read more
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Julie Reid obituary
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by Simon Hattenstone
1w ago
My friend and colleague Julie Reid, who has died of a brain tumour aged 56, was an outstanding production editor of the Guardian’s weekday G2 supplement. She was creative, calm and ever ready with the perfect pun for a headline, or an amused eye-roll for one that fell flat. Warm and fiercely principled, she readily spotted colleagues who needed her support, whether professionally or personally. Her energy was upbeat, her attitude can-do, and she understood the human stories that connect with readers ..read more
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‘Politically incorrect. Sorry about that’: Madonna apologises for telling wheelchair user to stand at concert
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by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
1w ago
Awkward moment with fan happened during US leg of singer’s Celebration tour Madonna has been filmed apologising to a concertgoer in a wheelchair, after she initially questioned why they weren’t standing up while she performed. In footage taken during the US leg of her Celebration tour and shared on social media in recent days, the singer, speaking on her microphone, tells the audience member: “Take this ride with me! What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you doing sitting down?”, before walking over to the person to cheers from the audience ..read more
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Blind people in England at risk from ‘shocking’ social care delays, finds report
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by Matthew Weaver
1w ago
At least a quarter of councils are taking more than a year to provide vital support to people with a new visual impairment diagnosis The lives of thousands of blind and partially sighted people are being put at risk by delays in vital care that they have a legal right to after being assessed as visually impaired, according to a report. More than a quarter of English councils are leaving people who have just been diagnosed as blind waiting more than a year for vision rehabilitation assessments and potentially life-saving support, the report by the RNIB revealed ..read more
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Assisted dying could lead to many tragedies if not handled with care | Letters
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by Guardian Staff
1w ago
Readers respond to Frances Ryan’s view that we should not be naive about protections promised for older and disabled people Frances Ryan is right that the assisted dying debate is much more nuanced than it appears (I’m glad the debate on assisted dying is forging ahead. But few understand why it frightens so many, 29 February). The initial problem is that dying is a typically British muddle, stuck between outdated legal assumptions about healthcare and modern squeamishness about death. Patching yet more on to this won’t do. I am running out of choices in my eight-year tussle with breast c ..read more
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Disability pension claims blew out to more than 80 days on average at the end of last year, data reveals
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by Cait Kelly and Josh Nicholas
2w ago
Department of Social Services figures show some areas had average wait times of more than 200 days between September and December Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Claims for the disability support pension took more than 80 days on average in the final months of last year and some local government areas are experiencing average wait times of more than 200 days, data has revealed. According to the data provided by the Department of Social Services in Senate estimates last month, disability support pension claims took an average of 82.2 days to be proces ..read more
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After 14 years of Tory cruelty, here are three ways Labour could use the benefits system to bring about good | Frances Ryan
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by Frances Ryan
2w ago
Keir Starmer’s party could end child poverty, ditch cruel work capability assessments – and replace the failing DWP Our writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its manifesto The legacy left to an incoming Labour government after 14 years of Tory rule is akin to a hated relative leaving a flooding basement and 12 parakeets in a will. It’s not an inheritance anyone would want. Few briefs exemplify this more than work and pensions. Britain’s safety net has been systematically shredded, and its public is poorer and sicker than before the Conservatives came to power. At this p ..read more
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Murderer, manipulator… or not that bad at all? The reframing of Richard III
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by Holly Williams
2w ago
More than 500 years after his death, the monarch most reviled by Shakespeare is still courting controversy – over whether non-disabled actors should ever be cast in the role, and with a new play and recent documentary that aim to change how he is seen For a king who has been dead for more than 500 years, Richard III has been making a remarkable number of headlines this winter. And yes – many of them are discontented. From fights among historians over his actions to casting controversies around fictionalised depictions, Richard III is more contentious than ever. There’s long been a battle for h ..read more
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