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Disability and travel: accessible Scotland
If you have a disability, travelling is rarely straight forward. So that’s why we’ve teamed up with Carrie-Ann Lightley from Tourism for All, to bring you a series of articles to
The Very Alternative Guide to Spinal Cord Injury
‘Humour’ and ‘sudden paralysis’ are not typically two terms that would sit hand-in-hand. However, a new book has combined the two to deliver an alternative take on dealing with a
Join Disability Horizons at Naidex 2016
UPDATE: Naidex 2018 will be on the 25th and 26th April 2018 – you can get FREE Naidex tickets here. Naidex 2018: top 5 mobility aids Naidex 2018: top 5 assistive technologies
Blaine Harrison: how we can make music accessible
Blaine Harrison, who has spina bifida, is probably one of the most recognised disabled musicians and songwriters, best known for being the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Mystery
Victims of TBI fight for education and awareness
There are any number of accidents and injuries that can result in the victim being considered disabled and not all of them are visible to the naked eye. As many
Disability and entertainment: fighting delusions about disability
Hayleigh has a Masters in Creative Media Practises and is currently undertaking a Doctorate of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and she’s going to use her expertise to open up
Survey designed to improve the accessibility of websites
The Click-Away Pound Survey was created by Rick Williams to provide website owners with hard data about the business case for accessible websites. And so far the results are convincing.
Toilet trouble: the inaccessible accessible toilet!
I’m sure we have all had toilet trouble in the past, and disabled people are no different. However for many disabled people, there is an additional meaning to ‘toilet trouble’ –
We need to talk about disability hate crime
Last year Home Office figures showed that more than 52,000 hate crime offences were reported in England and Wales in 2014 – 15, an 18% increase on the previous year. The statistics
Tips to prepare you for traveling by wheelchair
Traveling by wheelchair does not have to be as difficult as you think. The secret is: plan way ahead! By ‘plan ahead’ I mean get yourself clued up on the
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