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Channel 4 have announced an amazing Paralympic broadcasting package that’ll have viewers glued to the action for the whole Games fortnight. Channel…
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Naidex returns for 2021!
At Naidex, anything is possible. With face-to-face events coming back, we are happy to announce that Able Magazine have partnered with the independ…
The countdown is on for The Big Event – 50 days to go
The countdown is officially on for the first-ever virtual version of The Big Event 2021. In just 50 days the event will go live offering visitors a gr…
Making Disabled Voices Heard – through speech recognition software
Nuance Communications has been developing Dragon speech recognition software for many years to provide a user-friendly method of helping disabled peop…
Business Disability Forum Global Symposium 2021
Fresh Perspectives on Global Disability Inclusion Date: April 19, 2021 - April 23, 2021 Join Business Disability Forum for a week-long Global Sy…
The Southbank Centre unveils their first digital Unlimited festival
Wed 13 – Sun 17 Jan 2021 Have you heard? The Southbank Centre has just announced their first digital Unlimited festival, featuring five days of dan…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Building back better!
In tune with current optimism regarding pandemic-beating vaccine breakthroughs, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated on 3 …
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
UNESCO will mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a week-long programme from 25 November to 3 December 2020 under the theme: "B…
One Big Day Goes online
The two-week countdown to the first ever Facebook edition of a Motability Scheme One Big Day has begun. On Thursday 10 September an online version of …
RNIB Bookshare celebrates reaching half a million books in accessible formats
An accessible book service from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is celebrating reaching half a million books. RNIB Bookshare, w…
Sign up to the free Online Disability Show – 30th April to 1st May
The team at BundleBean have organised a FREE Online Disability Show running Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May and they’d love you to join in. No…
Motability Scheme announce cancellation of all One Big Day events in 2020
STATEMENT FROM THE MOTABILITY SCHEME: In line with latest Government guidelines surrounding COVID-19 and the extended lock down measures, the Motab…
The Autism Directory Live 2020
The Autism Directory charity is once again hosting two of the biggest, accessible for all, FREE autism exhibitions in Wales. This year, The Au…
Challenge 75 – Join McKenzie on the start line!
McKenzie loves being out and about, going swimming, playing wheelchair tennis and wheelchair rugby. His lightweight wheelchair from Whizz-Kidz, who pr…
Expert speaker sessions, passenger WAV test drives and much more at The Big Event this summer
This summer, the Motability Scheme’s The Big Event is returning to the NEC, Birmingham on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 July with a host of features for vis…
British Association of Prosthetists & Orthotists (BAPO) Conference
Conference 2020’s mission is to go where no BAPO Conference has gone before! BAPO Conference is being revamped for the new decade with lots o…
Naidex 2020 and all co-located events postponed due to coronavirus
The organiser of leading independent living show Naidex (17th-18th March 2020, NEC Birmingham), has been closely monitoring updates on the spread …
Nominations Open for the National Diversity Awards
In association with ITV News, The National Diversity Awards have recently opened this year’s nominations, but who will be crowned the best of British …
Accessible Perfomace: Dundee Rep Ensemble presents SMILE
Football visionary, tactical genius, greetin’-faced moan – who was the real Jim McLean? Jim McLean might never be called one of Scottish football’…
Kidz to Adultz South
An event dedicated to children and young adults with disabilities and additional needs, their parents, carers and the professionals who support them. …
The Brotherwood WAV Show 2020
Save the date for the only event solely dedicated to Special Purpose Vehicles for wheelchair users: The Brotherwood WAV Show 2020 returns from&…
Film competition sets young film makers on road to success
Business Disability Forum’s Film challenge is back for its fourth year and open for registration. The competition seeks to explore assumptions around …
Naidex 46: Aspiring for a Better Future of Independent Living
As Society advances towards inclusion and accessibility, there’s one place that year after year sets itself as the point of reference for the disabili…
Naidex 46: Aspiring for a Better Future of Independent Living
Naidex is Europe's most established event dedicated to the disability and independent living industries, taking place this 17th & 18th of Marc…
Find your own superhero with Touretteshero at Scarborough Art Gallery
The world’s first Tourettes superhero lands in Scarborough Art Gallery this February half-term with a free interactive, inclusive and incredible super…