Child sex abuse doesn't create paedophiles

Sep 19, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

A popular misconception is that most child sex offenders were once victims themselves. The theory is based on the erroneous assumption that theyve become paedophiles those preferentially sexually attracted to prepubescent...

A brief history of why students go away to uni

Sep 15, 2016 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

As the middle of September arrives, the annual migration of students going away to university will once again begin. In the UK, this ritual of going away to study is widely regarded as the normal university experience....

Disabled people don't want to be your inspiration, but if they are it's no surprise

Sep 15, 2016 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Should we be inspired by Paralympian achievement? Commentator Frances Ryan recently counselled Guardian readers to be careful to think through their reactions to disabled superhuman athletes and academic poster boys like...

Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives

Sep 15, 2016 07:17 am UTC| Life

Many agree on the factors contributing to a good death. People want to be treated with dignity, have relief from pain and, as much as possible, to control what happens to them. Advance care planning is one way to...

The triple vulnerability of being poor and disabled in rural South Africa

Sep 15, 2016 01:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Over the last two decades the South African government has passed several pieces of legislation to ensure that people with disabilities are included in society and are able to access services such as health care. This...

Defeating terrorism through design: Think souks, not office buildings

Sep 09, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

To fight terrorist networks, we need to understand them and learn from them. Obviously that doesnt mean training to become terrorists ourselves. But we can learn from the way many terrorist organizations operate via...

How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation

Sep 09, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The Sept. 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks were the worst acts of terrorism on American soil to date. Designed to instill panic and fear, the attacks were unprecedented in terms of their scope, magnitude and impact on the...