TriLift – The Next Generation In Scooter and Power Chair Transportation
The TriLift is an innovative breakthrough in scooter and power chair transportation that gives the user the freedom to easily transport their own mobi…
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Welsh disabled people take control of social care
Disabled people in Wales are set to benefit from a new, pioneering way of receiving social care, thanks to a scheme being officially rolled out across…
Her Abilities Award 2019 nominations OPEN!
This International Women’s Day, Her Abilities, the first global award honouring the achievements of women with disabilities, has opened its call for n…
Good Luck Athletes! GB MP Sarah Newton meets with athletes from the Special Olympics GB team
MP Sarah Newton, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, met with athletes from the Special Olympics GB team to wish them good luck as…
Media Trust in Partnership with ITV News presents the Eighth Annual ‘Breaking into News’ Competition
February marked the launch of ‘Breaking into News’, a nationwide initiative run by Media Trust in partnership with ITV News, to discover the next up a…
Loop Theatre are breaking down barriers and creating inclusive theatre
LOOP Theatre connects and invests in people who cannot ordinarily access performing arts to establish and develop trust within a joyful setting. LO…
Little Euan from Bath leads campaign to recycle children’s prosthetics
Amputee Euan gives one of his prosthetic legs to a little girl in The Gambia. Every year in the UK there are approximately 250 babies born with a c…
OrCam: For the Blind and Visually Impaired
The most advanced wearable assistive technology device for the blind and visually impaired, that reads text, recognizes faces, identifies products and…
Half of train staff don’t help people with autism
Every year 1.7 billion people travel by rail*. It’s something which most commuters or holiday-makers don’t usually give a second thought to. But for p…
Disabled Living Celebrate 10 Years of Kidz to Adultz Middle this March
Disabled Living (organisers of the Kidz to Adultz events) is extremely proud to be celebrating 10 years of Kidz to Adultz Middle at the very prestigio…
Help your venture to Thrive with UnLtd
Applications are now open for Thrive: Access to employment until 14th February 2019. Thrive is a new social accelerator helping ambitious social ve…
Hollyoaks Announces New Diversity Documentary
Hollyoaks will be releasing a 15-minute documentary after half twelve on Monday, titled Hollyoaks – See The Person, which celebrates the importance of…
Fitness instructor with muscular dystrophy creates Paracise
"I have been a group exercise instructor for 30 years but in 2014 was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a muscle wasting disease. In spite of the dia…
Charity makes unique film available to help disabled air travellers
UK charity Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) is addressing issues faced by wheelchair users when travelling by air, through the l…
8 disability rights activists changing the world for disabled people
The rights that we as a disabled community have – and may even take for granted – have been fought for by disability rights activists, working tireles…
4 challenges people affected by dementia face at Christmas (and how to overcome them)
Dementia can cause a lot of changes in your life – including how you celebrate Christmas. Alzheimer's Society wanted to hear from people with dementia…
OrCam MyEye 2: harnessing artificial intelligence to help visually impaired people live more independent lives
Released in January 2018, OrCam MyEye 2 is a breakthrough artificial vision device designed for people who are blind, visually impaired, or have readi…
Charity launch CookABILITY cooking videos to tackle learning disability obesity
People with learning disabilities are making YouTube videos to help tackle obesity as part of a pioneering new project from the disability charity Uni…
India’s history-making mountaineer awarded honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde
The first female amputee to climb Mount Everest has been made an honorary Doctor of the University of Strathclyde. Arunima Sinha, received the honou…
RNIB to launch new low-cost refreshable braille display
On 8 October 2018, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) will launch the Orbit Reader 20 onto the UK market. Refreshable braille devic…
Motor Neurone Disease Association vow to #TakeOverMND in new awareness campaign
Up to 5,000 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are living with MND at any time. Every day six people are diagnosed with the disease and six …
International Week of the Deaf
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard started to lose her hearing aged 15, she has a genetic disability (Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies) wh…
Disability activist Haben Girma has been announced as part of Her Abilities jury, supported by Able Magazine
African American disability activist Haben Girma will now be part of the Her Abilities jury from this week onwards. Haben Girma is the first deafbli…
British Wheelchair Basketball Seeks New Chair Ahead of Tokyo 2020
British Wheelchair Basketball, the National Governing Body for wheelchair basketball in the United Kingdom, is recruiting for a new Chair to drive and …
Karma Mobility Launches Its Latest Reclining Manual Wheelchair
The VIP2 is the latest addition to the Karma Mobility portfolio of manual wheelchairs and offers users a superb combination of tilt in space and reclin…