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Mobility Roadshow 2013 – a 30th Anniversary celebration
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Mobility Roadshow 2013 – a 30th Anniversary celebration

by Mark Glasgow on May 15, 2013 • Comments Closed
Listen Every year the Mobility Roadshow brings together a vast showcase of the latest mobility innovations for everyone who needs mobility help and advice. It’s a popular one-stop opportunity to review, try out and compare products and services to aid independent living. This year is a celebration of 30 years...
The New Benefit
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The New Benefit

by Mark Glasgow on Mar 14, 2013 • Comments Closed
Listen Personal Independence Payment – What You Need To Know Nobody really likes change. If it ain’t broke, why fix it? Well, according to the Government, the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is broke, like the rest of the benefits system in this country and has introduced the Welfare Reform Act. Amongst the...
LAST CHANCE - WIN one of 5 pairs of Off-Peak train tickets – courtesy of the Disabled Persons Railcard!
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LAST CHANCE – WIN one of 5 pairs of Off-Peak train tickets – courtesy of the Disabled Persons Railcard!

by Mark Glasgow on Mar 6, 2013 • No Comments
Listen We’ve teamed up with the Disabled Persons Railcard to offer five lucky winners a pair of Off-Peak Return train tickets for a journey between any two train stations on the National Rail network. Whether for a day, a weekend or even a longer break, you and a friend could...
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Able Subscription Promotion

by Mark Glasgow on Jan 28, 2013 • No Comments
Listen In one of our greatest promotions ever, we’re offering 5000 free 6 months subscriptions (worth over £15 each) to the print edition of Able Magazine. Offered to disabled people, their carers and professionals in the satellite healthcare industries this is an offer not to be missed. Just fill in...
Pressure Point
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Pressure Point

by Mark Glasgow on Jan 22, 2013 • 1 Comment
Listen When we are taken ill or have a condition that means long periods of rest we assume that sitting back and relaxing is just what the doctor ordered. Sadly, this isn’t necessarily the case. Long periods of inactivity can encourage pressure sores that can turn very serious, very quickly....
Future Of Motoring
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Future Of Motoring

by Mark Glasgow on Jan 14, 2013 • No Comments
Listen Next to war, I’m going to nominate motoring as the area responsible for motivating the most diverse and innovative thinking in human history. A look at the motor industry today shows what has already been achieved and what the next big ideas will be as well as the impact...
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Paralympic Potential: Bring on Brazil
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Paralympic Potential: Bring on Brazil

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen The UK Talent Team (UK Sport and the EIS) and the British Paralympic Association are looking for high achieving athletes to take part in a nationwide talent search for British athletes for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Paralympic Potential: Bring on Brazil is a search for male and female athletes, across all Paralympic classifications,...
Baby’s life saved with groundbreaking 3D printed device from University of Michigan that restored his breathing.
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Baby’s life saved with groundbreaking 3D printed device from University of Michigan that restored his breathing.

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen Bioresorbable splint used for first time, successfully stopped life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia, case featured in New England Journal of Medicine Ann Arbor, Mich. – Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs. April and Bryan Gionfriddo watched helplessly, just praying that somehow the dire predictions weren’t true....
Telford’s Town Crier to welcome national heroes and Paralympians to the Mobility Roadshow Telford International Centre – 27th – 29th June
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Telford’s Town Crier to welcome national heroes and Paralympians to the Mobility Roadshow Telford International Centre – 27th – 29th June

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen Telford’s longest-serving town crier will provide an historic welcome visitors to this year’s national Mobility Roadshow 2013, celebrating its 30th Anniversary at the Telford International Centre. At 90 years, Percy Simmonds is the UK’s oldest known town crier and a classic ‘act’. Only last year he swapped his motorbike for a mobility scooter, but continues...
Paralympian gets new cycle track off to a flyer
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Paralympian gets new cycle track off to a flyer

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen 2012 Silver Medalist Karen Darke to open Scotland’s first disabled cycling centre Paralympic cyclist Karen Darke will perform a time trial to mark the opening of Scotland’s first dedicated cycling facility for people with physical and learning disabilities. Karen, who won the Silver Medal in the women’s road time trial in the London 2012...
Line up revealed for one of Europe’s largest inclusive arts festivals
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Line up revealed for one of Europe’s largest inclusive arts festivals

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen South Wales based inclusive theatre company Hijinx Theatre, Cardiff, has this week (20 May) announced the 2013 line-up* of its flagship Unity Festival – one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Kicking off on Wednesday 12 June and running until Saturday 22 June, the fortnight-long programme of events will see a variety of...
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The Undateables turned me into a celebrity

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen Raymond Johnson says appearing on Channel 4 show helped challenge opinions of disability, but there is still …read more
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A chance for people with learning disabilities to lead more active social lives

by Mark Glasgow on May 23, 2013 •
Listen Gig Buddies pairs people with learning disabilities up with a buddy who accompanies them to events in the …read more
Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says
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Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says

by Mark Glasgow on May 22, 2013 •
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Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says

by Mark Glasgow on May 22, 2013 •
Listen Work capability assessments place those with mental health conditions at substantial disadvantage, judge concludes The fitness-for-work test …read more

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