ParalympicsGB achieves perfect blend of youth and experience
Multiple successes made for another amazing medal haul for Paralympics GB yesterday (Thursday 5 September 2024). Pembroke enjoys field day In one of …
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Paris 2024: Day nine preview
Day nine will see Dame Sarah Storey return to action while para canoeing gets underway at Vaires-sur-Marne. Here’s a look at ParalympicsGB’s medal hop…
ParalympicsGB’s legend leads the charge
Time trial success and a new Paralympic record among other achievements on day seven (Wednesday 4 September 2024). Never-ending Storey Dame Sarah Sto…
Paris 2024: Day eight preview
Day eight is a big one in the Stade de France as ParalympicsGB athletes compete for eight medals throughout the day. There are plenty of golds up for …
ParalympicsGB earn a one-two in the pool on emotional anniversary
Successes in the pool and in the equestrian competition leave ParalympicsGB in second place on the medal table. Here’s a round-up of the action from Tu…
Off the Richter Scale! ParalympicsGB triathlon athletes beat a path towards more success
ParalympicsGB enjoyed successes in triathlon, boccia, archery and swimming on day 5 of the Paris Paralympics (Monday 2 September 2024). Number 1 on th…
Paris 2024: Day Five Preview
There are 61 golds on offer on Monday, with ParalympicsGB pushing for medals across swimming, athletics, triathlon and more. Para triathlon All triat…
Action gets underway on a busy Day One of the Paralympics, with swimming and cycling taking centre stage for ParalympicsGB.
From boccia to wheelchair rugby, Brits will be competing in a variety of sports across the French capital as they look to kick their Games off with a b…
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Channel 4 most accessible ever: all advertising to carry subtitles during the Games
Channel 4 today confirms that all advertising on its network during coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will carry subtitles – enhancing Channe…
From Gymnast to Journalist: ADJ Student Lauren Lethbridge Heads to Paris 2024 Paralympics
Ability Today is thrilled to announce that Lauren Lethbridge, a standout student of the Academy for Disabled Journalists (ADJ) from Kent, has been cho…
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…
WheelPower are hosting their annual National Junior Games this September
WheelPower, the National Charity for Wheelchair Sport are hosting their annual National Junior Games from 30 September - 3 October 2019 at Stoke Mande…
Team GB Paralympic sprinter calls for action as funding shortfall set to reach epidemic proportions
As an outgoing nine-year-old with a love of computer games and reading, Zac Shaw couldn’t understand why he was slowly edging closer to the screen and…
Selsey Man Lifts the Veil on Wheelchair Fencing
A disabled Selsey man is trying to further the cause of his wheelchair sport with an informative book on the subject. Jonathan Collins, who’s 29, i…
Meet the ‘50 Faces’ Breaking Down Barriers
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) is celebrating 50 years of achievement, therapy and fun through horses with a stunning online collection of …
A Paralympian’s tale – How sport can unlock potential of children with cerebral palsy
1 in every 400 babies in the UK is born with a type of cerebral palsy according to the Office for National Statistics. For the family, having the righ…
The world’s first Paralympic Heritage Centre is now open
The world’s first Paralympic Heritage Centre is now open at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. (Photo featuring Lorr…
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Announce Line Up For The Return Of King Power Quad Nations Tournament
Following the huge success of the inaugural King Power Quad Nations tournament in 2018, which saw over 5000 supporters watch Paralympic Gold, Silver a…
Naidex Anything You Can Do…
For a very long time, Society has been split on the subject of what the disability community can and can’t do. And much like the famous musical, Annie…
Able Magazine Celebrates Silver Jubilee
This year marks 25 years since the first issue of Able Magazine rolled off the press. We’ve been looking back over that time at some of the more signi…
Blind student aiming for Paralympics
‘I dropped out of sport in school because I couldn’t see; now I’m aiming to be a Paralympian.’ Megan, 16 from Leeds was registered severely sight i…
Olympic Park Wheelchair Basketball Tournament to support Women in Disability Sport
Leading disability charity Path to Success has announced September 25th as the date of its 3rd annual charity Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, which w…
Trio of Gold for GBR on day three
British athletes collected eight more medals on the third day of the European Para-Swimming Championships 2018 including three golds, plus a World reco…
Dublin serves up medal bonanza for GBR
Britain’s Para-Swimmers had a successful day at the office on the second day of competition of the World Para-Swimming European Champs, which included …
Making Japan Accessible For All
With the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics just around the corner, accessible travel in and around Japan is taking off. Increasingly, changes in attitude and t…