Year: 2016
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Wellbeing & Fitness
The Wheelyboat Trust: making boats accessible
The Wheelyboat Trust is a small national charity dedicated to providing mobility impaired people of all ages with access to…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Rio 2016 Paralympics: wheelchair tennis Paralympian Lucy Shuker in the spotlight
To celebrate the Rio 2016 Paralympics we have been interviewing Paralympians set to compete for Team GB in the 2016…
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Entertainment & Culture
Disability and music: disabled musician Dean Rodney in the spotlight
We’ve set music writer Meghan out to interview leading disabled musicians to find out how they got into music, how their…
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Lifestyle
Disability and fashion: fashion is for every body
Alicia Searcy, also known as Nashville’s disabled style blogger extraordinaire, the Spashionista (short for Spastic Fashionista), is set on changing the…
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Travel & Holidays
8 things to consider when renting a wheelchair accessible vehicle
Accessible tourism is a fast-growing industry, opening doors for disabled people all over the planet. Many travelers can now access…
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Entertainment & Culture
Me Before You: why I’m boycotting this film
Out resident entertainment reporter Hayleigh tells us why she’s unequivocally decided not to see the much-publicised film Me Before You.…
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News
Q&A with Jane Campbell
Jane Campbell, also known as Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, is one of the few severely disabled MPs in the House of Lords today.…
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Travel & Holidays
Disabled Access Day and accessible travel in Devon
The Bimblers describe themselves as the UK’s most unlikely travel bloggers. Rob, together with his partner Bridget, travel in a…
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Work & Education
Disability and employment: preparing for an interview
Jane Hatton, who manages Evenbreak, a not-for-profit job board run by disabled people for disabled people, publishes her bi-monthly article…
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Lifestyle
Could the average Joe spend the day in a wheelchair?
Most people don’t even think about the level of planning wheelchair users need to do before heading out of the…
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