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Accessible bathrooms: maintaining your independence and making life that little bit easier

  This is an updated post from our archives. Discover how accessible bathroom adaptations, such as height-adjustable wash and dry…

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A forward look – why choice in social care is paramount in the years ahead 

Leonard Cheshire looks at why choice and control for disabled people in social care is so important, and why it…

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Top 10 tips to finding the right personal assistant

Finding the right personal assistant can shape how disabled people work, socialise, and live independently. This guide shares practical tips…

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10 daily solutions to make life easier if you’re disabled

Our writer and editor Lucy, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, runs down 10 solutions and living aids…

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How to employ your own PAs: a practical guide from a personal perspective

Georgina Moore tells us about her experiences employing PAs. She offers helpful advice to disabled care receivers on how to…

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Disability Horizons investigation shows some councils may be limiting disabled people’s choice of where to live

Our recent investigation into Adult Social Care choice policies has uncovered that a number of councils may be breaching disabled…

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Have your rights been breached by your council?

Following on from our Independent Living investigation, where disabled journalist Fleur Perry discovered that some councils may be limiting disabled…

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5 ways to be independent as a disabled person

Are you disabled and wanting to live more independently? Read these five tips, from understanding your disability rights to finding…

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Discover the key to independent living at Naidex 2019

Find out how you can live more independently at Naidex 2019. It'll be packed with the latest assistive technology and…

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Road to independence part 1: US Marines, bars and strippers…

Matt Stark, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), tells Disability Horizons about his rocky road to independence involving marines, strippers…

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