Year: 2018
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Make your home accessible with a Lifton Home Lift
For many people with a physical disability, one of the greatest challenges they face is making their homes accessible. In…
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News
Over 90% of wheelchair users struggle to find accessible homes for private rent
The largest-ever survey on wheelchair users and their housing need has found that there is a chronic lack of wheelchair…
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Entertainment & Culture
Disabled BBC weather presenter Lucy Martin’s catwalk debut
In January, we spoke to Lucy Martin to find out what it is like being the first visibly disabled BBC…
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Lifestyle
4 simple ways you can create positive change for disabled people
Our Co-founder and campaigner for social inclusion Martyn Sibley has been looking at the simple, everyday ways in which we can…
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Lifestyle
Changing perceptions: don’t think of me as disabled
Jimmy Curran, who has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), is the founder of the lifestyle clothing brand [dis]ABLE, which aims to change the perception…
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News
8 disability rights activists changing the world for disabled people
The rights that we as a disabled community have – and may even take for granted – have been fought…
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Work & Education
Business Disability Forum: exploring identity in the workplace
What does being disabled mean in the business world? Do you feel your identity is closely intertwined with your disability at…
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Lifestyle
6 ways to stay warm and well this winter if you have a disability
Winter inevitably means freezing temperatures and nasty colds for everyone. But if you’re disabled, the effects can often be felt…
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News
Why is disability still portrayed as a punishment?
Coronation Street character Josh Tucker recently became blind after side-stepping justice and escaping jail. Does his new disability mean it’s…
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Entertainment & Culture
Great British Bake Off: were you pleased that Briony’s disability wasn’t mentioned?
As the Great British Bake Off comes to a close, Disability Horizons writer and Bake Off superfan Raisa debates whether…
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