'I'm disabled with two kids - cruel people still ask why my husband's with me'

EXCLUSIVE: 'I'm disabled with two kids - cruel people still ask why my husband's with me'Super mum Steph Sandy has two beautiful children and cerebral palsy, a lifelong condition affecting muscle control, movement and balance, meaning she uses a wheelchairNewsFran Bowden Head of Features (Longform) and Hannah Britt, Senior Reporter Mirror Features15:00, 12 Apr 2026Dancers perform Steph Sandy's choreography ‘Mother Like No Other’Going to the match and cheering on the Sky Blues together is a favourite day out for the Sandy family, who are all avid Coventry City fans. For mum Steph, 42, life is all about making memories with her husband Richard, 38, and their children Libby, 11, and Bertie, 9 - even though it means turning a blind eye to strangers’ stares. She says: “When I’m outside with the kids, we have to deal with people staring and people’s attitudes. They’re wondering, ‘How is she a mum?’“‌Steph, who lives in Coventry with her family, has cerebral palsy, a lifelong condition affecting muscle control, movement and balance, and uses a wheelchair. She is also one of the UK’s first physically disabled people to graduate from university with a degree in dance, which saw her later working as a dancer and choreographer. Yet Steph’s desire to meet challenges head on and refusal to be held back by her disability has not stopped her from facing opposition - even from the medical profession - to becoming a mum.‌READ MORE: Pride of Britain hero double amputee plants Mirror flag in Antarctica as he makes history Always keen to have children, she’d initially planned to adopt. But when she met Richard, then a local councillor who now works in organisational design, during an evening in a pub 15 years ago and they fell in love, the couple wanted to have a family together, if they could. Keen to have an educated picture of what pregnancy would be like for her, she says: “Before I got pregnant, I went to see a doctor to get medical advice about how my bod...