This appears to be an exciting development - the first regular column written by people who have a learning disability in any newspaper in the UK (maybe in the world!)…
Extract from Dorset Echo, 27 October 2015
Hi, nice to meet you! We are Adam and William. Some of you may remember us from articles we wrote for the Voices page on a Saturday.
Well, we’re back!
We are really happy as the Echo have given us our own column every Tuesday in the paper and online.
It’s a huge privilege for us and we couldn’t be more grateful to be given this opportunity. Also, the two of us and the Echo could be breaking exciting new ground. Why? Because we think it’s the first regular column written by people who have a learning disability in any newspaper in the UK…
Source and full article at http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/13897956.OUR_VIEW__Hi_we_are_Adam_and_William_and_welcome_to_our_new_column/
Second week’s column http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/ourview/13931955.ADAM___WILLIAM__All_go_with_Halloween__Guy_Fawkes_and_Tom_Browns_Garden/