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A campaigner for people with disabilities said she wanted a school for the blind opened in Bermuda. Sherrie-Lynn Lilley, the director of Inspire Bermuda, a charity for the disabled, said the blind learnt differently and needed a special school. Ms Li...

People with sight problems can now learn keyboard skills and how to navigate the internet after an island firm donated six computers to the Bermuda Society for the Blind. Phyllis Harshaw, a retired CedarBridge Academy teacher who has vision problems,...

Children celebrated Autism Awareness Month yesterday with a special breakfast attended by the Premier. Pupils in the Paget Primary School autism spectrum disorder class acted as waiters to serve the food, which included eggs, bacon, waffles and fruit...

The tiny bump on her foot at first appeared to be an insect bite. Months later, Richelene Woolridge’s left leg had grown three times in size and she knew she had a problem. John Stubbs, the late doctor, gave it a name, lymphoedema, and warned that th...

The work of an autism charity will be highlighted throughout the month of April. Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre will celebrate Autism Awareness Month by inviting the public to a host of events. Thea Furbert, Tomorrow’s Voices co-founder and board ch...

A doctor who wanted to run a walk-in urgent care centre in the heart of Hamilton has claimed a freeze on applications for new services will be “potentially catastrophic”. JJ Soares said a moratorium on requests to provide treatment under the standard...

The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council is to take legal action over her “termination”, she revealed yesterday. Tawanna Wedderburn said she had asked for judicial review proceedings against David Burt, the Premier, Kim Wilson, the he...

Thanks to B.F & M, Bermuda Red Cross have a new van to deliver the larger medical equipment to customers. After 11 years the Land Rover, that had been donated by Land Rover UK, had to be retired due to many mechanical problems which is why it was so ...

Funding for an Autism Spectrum Disorder programme for preschoolers has been championed by a charity leader. Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson announced on Friday that $327,000 would be set aside to develop the programme in 2019-20. Anthony Peets, ...

Two independent overseas doctors are to review the medical records of 75 patients of doctors Ewart Brown and Mahesh Reddy to check if they were “over-tested”, a court heard yesterday. The files, along with those of 190 other patients, were seized by ...

The acting chief executive of Bermuda’s healthcare watchdog set up a company with a top executive from the US-based Lahey Clinic but “immediately terminated” the arrangement because of a potential conflict of interest, it has been revealed. Ricky Bra...

Two-times cancer survivor Ronda Lewis is this year’s Global Hero of Hope for Bermuda. Ms Lewis, 48, who survived bouts of breast cancer ten years ago and a year ago, was one of 30 people chosen from countries around the world by the American Cancer S...