Month: August 2013
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Entertainment & Culture
Reading Festival: access all areas
Are you a festival goer, or do you worry about the access? Well this weekend our Co-editor Martyn Sibley went…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
New blade: my ‘catapult’ to a new life
On this day last year, London kicked off the 2012 Paralympic Games. Here, we hear from Adrian Howden, a Paralympic…
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Lifestyle
Top tips for disabled gardeners
Are you a gardening enthusiast, or parhaps want to start gardening? Niki Preston, also known as the Two Fingered Gardener,…
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Assistive Tech & Products
UltraBikes keep blind cyclists on track
“Can I go round again?” Michael Smith’s question was greeted with cheers and applause for good reason. Michael, a blind…
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Lifestyle
The M Word campaign: will you pledge?
Ashley Bernard, who is blind and has a form of dwarfism,talks to Disability Horizons about her life, her achievements, and…
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Entertainment & Culture
We need more disabled women on TV
How many disabled female characters in movies or on TV can you count? Probably not a lot, and especially not…
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News
Celebrating all children: autism and disability in China
New Disability Horizons contributor, Meghan Hussey, talks about disability in China and how it relates to UNICEF’s annual report The…
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Lifestyle
Different kind of disability campaigning!
We all know there are problems for disabled people in the UK, but the issues don’t stop at the borders…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: accessibility and Paralympians
At the end of July, the Anniversary Games celebrating a year since the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, took place…
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Work & Education
Top tips on moving out and becoming a student
With 2013 university clearing time is upon us, new Disability Horizons contributor Tayjus Surampudi gives his tips, from the viewpoint…
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