Lifestyle

Disabled toilets: the trials and tribulations when “you don’t look disabled”

Using disabled toilets isn’t always as straight forward as it should be, especially if you have an ‘invisible disability.’ One…

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Cerebral palsy: how to get active and into football

If you have cerebral palsy, playing football is a great way to gain strength and develop your muscles. But not…

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Lifestyle

Help us make the lives of disabled people better in 2017

As 2016 ends and 2017 dawns, Disability Horizons CEO Martyn Sibley looks back over the past year – the positives, negatives,…

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Lifestyle

Christmas through the eyes of someone with Asperger’s Syndrome

Christmas can be a magical time of year. A chance to relax and spend time with family. But for some,…

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Entertainment & Culture

Disabled? Boxing Day sales are not for the faint-hearted

We all know that shopping on the high street can be tricky if you’re disabled, especially around Christmas time when…

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Work & Education

Power wheelchairs: one entrepreneur is revolutionising the market

Alex Papanikolaou is a disabled entrepreneur, whose business has developed a next generation power wheelchair, designed to offer a step…

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Lifestyle

Disability Horizons Co-founder Martyn Sibley voted third most influential disabled person

The Disability Power 100 list covers successful disabled people in politics, media, sport and entertainment. Produced by Powerful Media and sponsored…

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Lifestyle

Personal assistants: what you should expect and finding the best

The prospect of finding and employing a personal assistant (PA) can be daunting. That’s why we’ve asked Adam Pike, CEO…

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News

Why are ‘systematic violations’ of disability rights not newsworthy?

It was recently discovered that the United Nations’ (UN) has found ‘systematic violations’ regarding the UK’s compliance with the UN…

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News

United Nations International Day for Persons with Disabilities: has it been forgotten about in the UK?

This weekend is the United Nations International Day for Persons with Disabilities (UNIDPD), an annual day aimed at raising issues around…

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