Caring for someone in a physically or mentally vulnerable situation can at times be a more draining, compromising and lonely experience than their afflicted charges bear. Our disabled are marginalised, and our carers are seriously overlooked. I discuss how we can all help the support people around us.

My life would be so unimaginably 'less than' without my wonderful, supportive, unpaid carer AKA my husband, Gaz. And like millions of unpaid and loving carers around the world he doesn't question his role because he's that kinda guy and we have always been a team. This caring role has ramped up in significance quite rapidly over the last few years in particular and has unquestionably come with compromises, some of which I have mentioned previously.