Month: August 2018
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Travel & Holidays
What’s the real weight of a manual wheelchair?
Weight has been the focus of the active wheelchair market for the last few years, after all, a lightweight wheelchair…
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Travel & Holidays
Explore the world with Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Phrasebook
Part of what makes travelling with a disability tricky is trying to convey your needs to a total stranger, in…
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News
We speak to Marsha De Cordova, Shadow Minister for Disability
Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Disability Marsha De Cordova, is visually impaired due to the condition nystagmus, which causes the eyes…
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Work & Education
Oi’ disabled! No Job? That’s your own fault
According to the Papworth Trust, by the age of 26, disabled people are four times more likely to be out of…
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Lifestyle
Disability and fashion: 5 adaptive clothing lines we love
Buying clothes that make us look and feel good is something we all have a right to do, disabled or…
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Lifestyle
Be inspired by these body-confident disabled people
In our bid to change society’s view of disabled people and make disability ‘normal’, we’ve teamed up with PosAbility Magazine…
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Entertainment & Culture
Accessible festivals: British Summer Time and Bluedot
Festival goer Alex Squire, who uses a wheelchair and blogs about his experiences, reviews the accessibility at the British Summer…
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