Month: November 2018
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Work & Education
Be The Difference campaign: helping you to find work
Able Magazine recently launched its employment initiative, Be The Difference, with the aim of helping more disabled people find employment.…
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Travel & Holidays
Accessible diving adventures with Freedom Divers Cyprus
Are you looking for a new adventure? Have you ever wanted to try scuba diving but thought that it probably…
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News
The real effect of austerity on people with learning disabilities
Back in October, after Theresa May promised an end to austerity, we ran an article on a new book, Austerity’s…
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News
Celebrating the economic contribution of persons with disabilities
On, and in the days preceding the 3rd December, hundreds of disabled employee networks, education providers and employers around the…
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News
Let’s change the way we talk about disability
Do you hate the term ‘wheelchair-bound’? What does it portray and mean to you? Our deputy editor Shannon, who uses…
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Uncategorized
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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