Learning Disability Week highlights isolation faced by young people with a learning disability
1 in 3 young people with a learning disability spend less than 1 hour a day outside homes.
Disability News
Channel 4’s Production Training Scheme is open for applications!
Due to a lack of representation in the industry, this year the scheme is targeted at people with disabilities and those from BAME backgrounds.
Sense produces video for sport coaches to give them more confidence in working with deafblind people
It is estimated that over 300,000 people with dual sensory loss are currently prevented from accessing physical activity essential to their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
Leonard Cheshire Disability to share models for creating employment opportunities with UN audience
Leonard Cheshire Disability is to present to a United Nations audience the charity’s ideas on how more employment opportunities for disabled people can be created in the developing world.
Birmingham roadshow invites care professionals this July
Care professionals have been accessing free seminars, workshops and the latest products and services at Care Roadshow events across the UK this year.
11 days left to nominate and vote in the National Diversity Awards!
Countdown for the closing of nominations begins as submissions flood in for the final voting stages of The UK's Largest Diversity Awards.
BAFTA-nominated actor narrates anti-bullying film
A new animated film narrated by the star of the BBC drama In The Flesh highlights the issue of the bullying of disabled children and young people.
National deafblind charity responds to news that schools are struggling to support children with SEND
Sense, the national deafblind charity, has warned of the urgent need for investment in SEND education, following a damning report by The Key which high…
Simon Cowell hosts afternoon tea for sick children
Shooting Star Chase Vice President Simon Cowell, along with his partner Lauren Silverman, led a host of stars in treating sick children and their famil…
Activity day and sensory walk in Exeter for Deafblind Awareness Week
Day will include signing and braille introduction, arts and craft displays and 4 km sensory walk
London Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy over the rainbow thanks to investment in new centre
Some 200 guests raised over £63,000 at a Wizard of Oz-themed ‘Over the Rainbow’ dinner on behalf of The London Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy on Thursday 19 May.
Accessibility At The Pride Festival
The Pride Festival takes place from 10-26 June, with our main weekend on 25-26 June. They want to make Pride in London accessible for everyone and work…
The Big Event Northern Ireland offers a world of worry-free motoring this summer
Eikon Exhibition Centre hosts extensive display of vehicles for disabled people
Surewise.com – Reliable Mobility Scooter Insurance
Online insurance provider Surewise.com have recently announced the move of their Mobility Scooter Insurance book to SAGIC, the insurance division of th…
Brotherwood enjoy busy showcase weekend
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle specialists Brotherwood recently enjoyed a busy VIP launch event and WAV showcase weekend at the prestigious Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford
Another Victory For Invictus
The 2016 Orlando Invictus Games have closed after another incredible week of sport played out by injured and ill veterans.
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists – Exclusive Print Giveaway
Leading mouth and foot painter, Tom Yendell, who was interviewed for the May/June 2016 edition of Able Magazine has offered to give away a print of one…
A Quick Green-Fingered Giveaway
Friends of Able Magazine have given us a OneLeg Posture Stool to give away to the first reader to email their details to us. We recently reviewed On…
Sensory Impaired Artists to Showcase Work at Birmingham Exhibition
National deafblind charity, Sense, is bringing an exclusive exhibition showcasing work by artists with sensory impairments from across the UK to the Ne…
CNN – Creating Inspiring Television
Last night saw the recording of a special television show at the McLaren Thought Centre: ‘CNN Inspirations – Breaking Boundaries’, which definitely lived up to its title.
Find out who won Able’s Best In Show Award at Naidex
Able Magazine's editor Tom Jamison handed over the coveted award yesterday.
‘Come Dine With Me!’ & Channel 4’s Year of Disability
As part of Channel 4's Year of Disability, the broadcaster’s hit television show Come Dine With Me is excited to further its commitment to ensuring the…
Meet Tom Yendell, Mouth And Foot Painter
Disability needn’t be a barrier towards taking up artistic pursuits.
Lorraine Kelly to lead zumba session for charity’s #fitforafiver campaign
Top TV personality and fitness role model, Lorraine Kelly, is backing Muscular Dystrophy charity, the Muscle Help Foundation (MHF)’s latest ‘feel good,…
Charity disappointed at Government failure to act on video-on-demand subtitling
The UK national charity Action on Hearing Loss is disappointed by the Government’s refusal to introduce legislation to end digital exclusion faced by p…