Disabled blogger Wolfgang shares tips and helpful information on how we can support our mental health during the Coronavirus lockdowns.
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Wheelchair user Martyn Sibley shares his experiences and tips on maintaining care support during the Covid-19 outbreak, and highlights back-up options, such as charity Revitalise, if your struggling.
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We hear from wheelchair user Lucy about her journey to becoming independent. Discover her tips to help you navigate the tricky world of Direct Payments and hiring the right personal assistants for you.
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Here at Disability Horizons, we round up five useful products to help people with fatigue pace themselves and maintain hydration, hygiene and energy levels in their day-to-day lives.
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Here we catch up with Paralympian Sophia Warner, who competed in the T35 100m and 200m at London 2012, to find out about a new mass-participation event that she’s organising for people with disabilities, Para Tri. Hi Sophia, can you tell me a bit more about the event you’re organising? I’m organising the UK’s first-ever …
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A petition has been launched to make audio description (AD) compulsory on all films, TV shows and streaming services. Emma Purcell started the campaign as she felt it was unfair that blind and visually impaired people are missing out on blockbuster films, must-see box sets and classic favourites from past decades.
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Matty is a deaf Actor and Director. He got involved in theatre production when he first met with George Mann, Co Artistic Director at a workshop in Bush Theatre. They asked Matty to get involved in a project doing research and development on disability hate crime. Since then he has never looked back. I caught …
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If you have a disability, many of you know all too well the nightmare that getting through an airport and onto a plane can bring. So Lorraine Gradwell’s account of airport ‘adventures’ will come as no surprise. I love holidays, especially in warmer climes where I can read, swim, and relax, and maybe do a …
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Hardeep Rai is the founder and Managing Director of Kaleidoscope Investments. An organisation that invests, supports and empowers disabled people to become successful entrepreneurs. His life changed in 2006 when his son Eshan was born… Due to last minute birthing complications there was a lack of oxygen to Eshan’s brain and as a result he …
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Part two of Louise Brace’s rough guide to disabled holidays in Spain, brings us to Malaga city, underrated and sadly overlooked by many tourists, who disembark at Malaga airport and head straight to the resorts along the Costa del Sol. Yet Malaga city, the coastal capital of Andalusia, is a treasure trove of art, culture, …
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