SCI Awareness Day 2019 – A place of my own
On Friday 17 May, the Spinal Injuries Association are celebrating Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2019. They’re recognising the remarkable achievemen…
Events
Exhibitors announced for The Big Event at the NEC
The flagship two-day event taking place at the NEC in Birmingham on Friday 28 – Saturday 29 June 2019, offers the UK’s largest display of cars, wheelc…
Save the date – Disability Awareness Day Festival Comes to Redbridge
As part of an international celebration of people with a disability and mental ill-health, this year’s Disability Awareness Day Festival is taking pla…
Birds of Paradise/National Theatre of Scotland production My Left Right Foot – The Musical tops the shortlists
A company which initially had its three-year funding withdrawn by Creative Scotland last year, sparking a public outcry, has seen one of its productio…
Cast and creatives announced for Stewart Laing’s Them! from National Theatre of Scotland
Directed by Stewart Laing, written by Pamela Carter, associate director Eve Nicol,designed by Stewart Laing and Nick Mil…
Interview: Claire Cunningham, the UK’s most acclaimed disabled dance artist talks about her latest show
Claire Cunningham, the UK's most acclaimed disabled dance artist is currently touring her work The Way You Look (at me) Tonight internationally. The p…
Expert speakers announced for The Big Event in Birmingham
After a successful debut in 2018, guests visiting The Big Event in Birmingham this June will once again be able to take advantage of a number of exper…
Superheroes invited to don their capes for charity Astriid
A UK charity is inviting families and friends to unveil their secret identities in central London to raise money for a unique national cause. Takin…
Finalists for 2019 ERSA Employability Awards announced
Yesterday, ERSA announced the finalists for the 2019 Employability Awards at its AGM in London. The list of finalists includes a wide range of organis…
BST Hyde Park is Awarded Gold Status for Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice
Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park has been awarded Gold Status for Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice, recognition of …
New BBC Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group to meet today
A refreshed Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group will help advise the BBC on how it portrays all of the UK’s communities on air, and represents them…
Harestanes accessible play park is officially opened
One of the most inclusive play parks in the south of Scotland is officially open at Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre. The £350,000 facility ne…
Claire Cunningham, the UK’s most acclaimed disabled dance artist is touring internationally
Claire Cunningham is currently touring her work The Way You Look (at me) Tonight internationally. This duet with award-winning choreographer and perfo…
Nominations for National Sense Disability Awards now open
The national disability charity, Sense, has opened nominations for its national awards, the Sense Awards. Now in their 16th year, the Sense Awards rec…
Cryptic and Drake Music Scotland present iPad Quartet & Kris Halpin
A pioneering digital music performance created and performed by disabled musicians for second Cryptic Nights of 2019 Cryptic Nights and Drake Music…
New Relaxed Performance At The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are staging their second Relaxed performance of a full-length Shakespeare play. The Relaxed version of A…
TEC-Angel Proud to Receive the Integrated Home Award 2019 at the Smart Home Expo
Technology enabled care specialists, TEC-Angel, were presented with the Integrated Home Award at the recent 2019 Smart Home Expo at the National Exhib…
Her Abilities Award winners honoured at ZERO Project Conference
The winners of the 2018 Her Abilities Awards: Toyin Aderemi, Musola Kaseketi and Ashrafun Nahar –– were honoured for their achievements in advancing t…
Ground-Breaking Autism Experience At Charter Walk
In conjunction with World Autism Awareness Week, Charter Walk Shopping Centre is hosting an innovative weekend experience for families to get an insig…
Naidex 2019: Highlights from the 45th edition at NEC Birmingham
Naidex is the UK’s most prestigious event showcasing the innovations redefining the future of the disability sector. The Naidex team wanted to ensure …
Microsoft Shares Learnings On World Autism Awareness Day
In alignment with World Autism Awareness Day, Microsoft is expanding their Autism Hiring Program and sharing learnings about inclusive hiring wit…
Today we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day!
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day taking place on 2nd April every year. In the week of 1 - 7 April surrounding this day,…
Columnist Robyn Steward talks about World Autism Awareness Day
Tuesday 2nd April, Autism Awareness Day can be interrupted in lots of different ways. For me, I think it is an opportunity for the wider public to lea…
James Moore voted Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards, 2019
Disabled actor, James Moore won Best Newcomer for his role as Ryan Stocks in Emmerdale. Disability Horizons’ writer, Carrie Aimes interviewed James ab…
Come say hello to Able at Naidex this week!
Able Magazine is proud to once again be official media partners with Naidex for 2019! This year Able will celebrate 25 years within the disability ind…