Year: 2015
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Travel & Holidays
Best wheelchair accessible winter getaways around the world
Planning a winter getaway is always extremely fun. That is, it’s extremely fun right up until the point when you…
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News
Social Model of Leadership: why disabled people are the leaders of tomorrow
The Social Model of Leadership (SML) aims to empower people with disabilities and highlight how valuable our unique viewpoints are.…
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Travel & Holidays
Disability and travel: spotlight on Carrie-Ann Lightley
If you have a disability, travelling is rarely straight forward. So that’s why we’ve teamed up with Carrie-Ann Lightley from Tourism…
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Lifestyle
Sky high and in control: piloting a plane without arms
Jessica Cox holds the Guinness World Record for being the first armless person in aviation history to earn a pilot’s…
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News
Twenty years on: has the DDA improved the lives of disabled people?
November 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, the first piece of UK legislation aimed at ending…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Wheely Good Fitness: exercise customised for wheelchair users
There are very few fitness centres that take into account the needs and abilities of individual disabled clients. Kris Saunders-Stowe,…
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Travel & Holidays
This week on Accomable…
Every week, we’ll be posting a selection of holiday rentals that have been posted to our new listing service, Accomable.…
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Work & Education
Introducing our new Six Month Academy Mentee, Marni Smyth!
Back in August we launched our first Six Month Academy mentoring and work experience scheme, in partnership with the good…
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Entertainment & Culture
Disability and Entertainment: comic books and disability
Hayleigh Barclay is delighted to join in with Disability Horizons to offer a monthly article on entertainment. Hayleigh has a…
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Entertainment & Culture
Top 10 films featuring disability
With the media becoming ever more prominent in our 21st century lives, how we see disabled people and the disability…
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