At Active Hands we have been taking a look at our eco initiatives – what we are doing already and what we can do better. We love our planet, and it’s no secret that global warming is causing harm. Here in the UK, the seven warmest years on record have occurred since 2015. There has … Read more
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Are you thinking of getting a riser recliner chair? First read this advice to understand the benefits, how to buy the best recliner chair and how to look after your recliner so that it lasts up to 10 years.
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Winter inevitably means freezing temperatures and nasty colds for everyone. But if you’re disabled, the effects can often be felt even more acutely. To help you avoid seasonal pitfalls, Disability Horizons’ writer Carrie Aimes, who has Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, shares tips from her blog on how to keep warm and well …
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Twenty four new pioneering accessible homes are to be built in Glasgow. Meanwhile the accessible housing crisis continues in England. Read on for more details.
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Frances Leckie, editor of Independent Living, responds to readers’ requests for those elusive wheelchair accessories that could make life that much easier… #DHgurus In my last article for Disability Horizons, I wrote about wheelchair accessories, and invited you to get in touch with your ideas about gadgets and gizmos to make life on wheels easier. …
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Model Elesha Turner has had her leg amputated and rebuilt after developing bone cancer. But she doesn’t think of herself as being disabled. We spoke to Elesha about her now bionic leg, how she got into modelling, and how she is determined that her disability won’t stop her. Please can you tell Disability Horizons readers …
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When Doris Leung’s mother was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006, she was confronted with a choice: take her disabled mother to her hospital appointments in the back of an illegal, but accessible “taxi”, or set up a safe, legal and disabled-friendly cab company of her own? Luckily for Hong Kong, she chose to …
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Take a look at these top tips from Mountain Trike on how to maintain your all-terrain wheelchair in winter so that it stays safe and in good working order.
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Last week we heard about the first half of Jasmine’s trip to New Zealand. If you have a disability – Jasmine has Freidriech’s Ataxia so uses a wheelchair – read on to find out how you too could go on an accessible holiday to New Zealand. Taihape After our first week in New Zealand, we …
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Our writer and editor Raya Al-Jadir talks about how she came to join Disability Horizons, and how it changed her outlook and career path.
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