DUNDEE REP THEATRE PRESENT – OOR WULLIE – CHRISTMAS 2019
THE MUSICAL THAT SCOTLAND HAS BEEN WAITING FOR, OOR WULLIE OPENS HERE AT DUNDEE REP FROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY BEFORE TOURING ACROSS SCOTLAND JINGS, …
Disability News
TOYOTA HELPS MORE PATIENTS TO WALK WITH RELEASE OF IMPROVED REHABILITATION ROBOT
Order books have opened for a new Toyota assist robot designed to help in the rehabilitation of people suffering from lower limb paralysis as a result…
Applications for THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF are NOW open!
Who’s the best baker you know?The Great British Bake Off are looking for Britain’s best home bakers to enter the tent! Are you in loaf with…
Pharmacy2U can deliver your prescriptions to your door
Keira Radice, who has a connective tissue disorder explains how using Pharmacy2U to order and deliver her prescriptions “definitely helps to live an a…
Disabled Dating, Take a Positive Approach this Festive Season
As 2018 draws to a close we naturally look back on the year and peer hesitantly at the year to come. The festive season also lets you focus more…
Disability motoring events announced for 2020
Following this summer’s successful programme of events, The Big Event will be returning to the NEC in Birmingham on 3 and 4 July 2020. The flagship sh…
Allied Vehicles – Customer experience
A New Vista to BeholdDoreen and Phillip Rushton from Gedling, Nottingham, recently made the exciting decision to change their standard car to a wheelc…
The future of accessible vehicles is sitting upfront
Sirus Automotive design high quality accessible vehicles, enabling wheelchair users to drive or travel upfront next to the driver. Sirus caref…
Break that Barrier – Invisible Disabilities
Mental health issues such as depression, stress, anxiety and bipolar can be highly debilitating. Due to a lack of awareness of these types of illnesse…
About Allied Mobility
Wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) can make a huge difference to your lifestyle. Literally thousands of disabled people have benefited from the cha…
GOWRINGS – PAST, PRESENT AND BRIGHT FUTURE!
Gowrings are well known as the UK’s original wheelchair accessible vehicle manufacturer. Commercial director, Lorraine Farnon, explains to DriveAbl…
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS THE FIRST AIRLINE TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT’S ‘IT’S EVERYONE’S JOURNEY’ CAMPAIGN TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
New campaign highlights British Airways’ Beyond Accessibility training programme, which supports staff in assisting more than half a million customers…
Glasgow Funeral Plans – securing you and your families future
Glasgow Funeral Plans provide a range of services from a panel of providers to select the most suitable plan for your needs. Glasgow Funeral Plans,…
Born anxious are very proud to support Anna Kennedy launching her nationally recognised anti bullying campaign #GUAB # Give is a break.
Bornanxious supply label free sensory clothing for children and adults with sensory needs such as Autism,SPD sensory processing disorders, all clothin…
20 years ago this year Anna Kennedy OBE picked up the keys to start her own school
20 years ago this year Anna Kennedy OBE picked up the keys to start her own school from the Hillingdon Civic Centre and her story has been history eve…
Amputee’s reach for the sky and settle for the top of the World!
On Wednesday 2nd October a team of 21 people set off on the challenge of a lifetime to climb Kilimanjaro the World’s largest free-standing Mountain. T…
Autism’s got Talent Roadshow another smash hit!
On Saturday 12th October at the Winston Churchill Theatre in Ruislip the Autism Charity ‘Anna Kennedy Online’ once again, presented the ‘Autism’s Got…
Barratt Development’s Partners with Leonard Cheshire on the Change 100 Programme
As part of Barratt Developments continued commitment to become a more diverse and inclusive work place and linked to the success of the partnership la…
Able Editor included in the Disability Power List 100 2019
Tom Jamison has edited Able Magazine for the last eight years, so we were all thrilled to see that he’d been nominated as one of Britain’s most influe…
Clothing Label set to help children and adults with Autism
Born Anxious is a homegrown clothing label set up by Kellie Barker, mother of Oscar, an autistic child living in Herne Bay, Kent. Kellie set up the c…
Fuller’s introduces talking menus in pubs for visually impaired diners
Good Food Talks provides accessible menus, both online and in its app, using text-to-speech software, large text format, background colour inversion a…
BP release new video featuring Para athlete Tatyana McFadden
BP began their association with paralympic sport in 2008, when they became a partner of the London 2012 Games. Since then they have supported a number…
National Diversity Awards 2019 – Able Magazine Announces Positive Role Model Award for Disability
Able Magazine have been media partners with the National Diversity Awards since 2013 and were again honoured to be part of the ceremony at Friday’s ev…
Bristol’s Driving and Mobility Centre celebrates 25 years of delivering independence to disabled and older people
Established in 1994 and part of the charitable Driving Mobility network, the Driving and Mobility Centre based in Bristol, has achieved 25 years of pr…
skillsforcare – Employing your own care and support
Employing your own personal assistant(s) can help you live independently, in a way that you choose. Our online toolkit will help you to recruit a pers…