National Diversity Awards Return
Community organisations and role models from across the UK headed to the magnificent Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on 17 September to witness the count…
Events
Naidex is back!
Independent living exhibition, Naidex and Able Magazine have a long established relationship. After the cancellations of last year, it’s wonderful to …
Memorable Moments from Tokyo 2020
It was definitely worth the wait, as records tumbled, new talents emerged and sporting legends were reaffirmed at the Tokyo Games. Here is a select…
Must-see Paralympic events
With 540 individual events across 22 summer Paralympic disciplines, you could be forgiven for missing a few. Here we pick the events that you sho…
Safety guidance for Naidex
As restrictions ease, face-to-face events are returning and the eagerly-anticipated Naidex is one of the first up on the list. Naidex welcomes everyon…
Public invited to put forward their nominations for the Sense Awards
The national disability charity, Sense, is inviting the public to submit their nominations for the Sense Awards 2021, the only national awards that ce…
Let the Games Begin!
At last, the delayed but much anticipated 2020 Paralympics are fast approaching. The Tokyo 2020 Games are likely to go down in history as the…
The best thing on telly!
Channel 4 have announced an amazing Paralympic broadcasting package that’ll have viewers glued to the action for the whole Games fortnight. Channel…
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 …