By James Coke When my Lancashire hotpot beat a professional chef’s, I decided to revive my website about cooking with a chronic illness – thedisabledchef.com The cooking skills I learned in school have served me well, helping nab Julie, my wife, who was won over by my Burmese curry, and sustaining me in my private war with primary progressive multiple sclerosis ... Read More »
Quickie wheelchairs latest launch, the Jive M2 Sedeo Ergo, redefines powered wheelchair technology inside and out! The game-changing powered wheelchair features our most advanced mid-wheel drive base to date and incorporates: NEW! SpiderTracTM 2.0 suspension – enjoy a smooth ride over uneven terrain with superb traction and excellent stability plus minimal forward pitching even when descending kerbs. NEW! Advanced Sedeo ... Read More »
Despite improvements in transport accessibility for people with reduced mobility and elderly people, travelling can still be a challenge. The bulk of traditionally designed mobility aids make planning a trip away from home just that little bit more difficult. This is especially true during winter months when the days are short, the weather is cold, and the hustle and bustle ... Read More »
On Monday 3 October, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, world record-holder and Paralympic gold medallist, announced the official launch of North West London’s two new NHS wheelchair services. The new services were designed with full input from wheelchair users, and they both incorporate the principles of the Wheelchair Alliance’s Wheelchair Charter. (You can read the full Charter, and find out more ... Read More »
Ahead of the 2016 Invictus Games to be held in Orlando, Florida, from 8 to 12 May 2016, seven clinical commissioning groups in North West London have announced the launch of an innovative new integrated community wheelchair service. Central London, West London, Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Barnet, Ealing and Hounslow NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are introducing the new service ... Read More »
A wheelchair user has spoken of the transformative experience of using a specially designed wheelchair to enable him to play golf standing upright for the first time. Peter McWilliams, a tenant at Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home in Glasgow, attended the official launch of the Paragolfer at Mearns Castle Golf Academy, where he had the opportunity to test the ... Read More »
A Tamworth woman has been inspired to swap four wheels for two to tackle a 20-mile bike ride in memory of her friend’s son. Pippa Bellis, who has athetoid cerebral palsy, meaning all four of her limbs have involuntary movements, will be cycling from Markeaton Park to Elvaston Castle and back again on Sunday, 8 May, in aid of UK-wide ... Read More »
Aaron Phipps has been a long term supporter of both Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) and Shaw Trust after contracting meningitis in 1999. As a result of the disease Aaron needed both legs amputating below the knee as well as the tips of his fingers. His determination has seen him compete in wheelchair races and representing Team GB at the London ... Read More »
Sophie was 16 when she was suddenly taken ill in December of 2011. A blood clot had developed on her spinal cord leaving her paralysed from the waist down. She was diagnosed with Cobb Syndrome and told that she would never be able to use her legs again. This young girl, who had always been sporty and active, was about ... Read More »
Following reports of wheelchair users finding it increasingly difficult to manoeuvre crammed shop aisles during the festive period, on behalf of the British Polio Fellowship I’m asking retailers to resist the temptation to ‘pile it high and sell it cheap’, and consider the accessibility of their shops over Christmas this year. Christmas shopping can prove challenging for anyone, but battling ... Read More »
Freedom Wheelchair Skills provides peer-led teaching of everyday skills and techniques to get the most out of life while using a wheelchair. The aim of Freedom Wheelchair Skills training is to help people become more confident in using a wheelchair, become less dependent on others and to show people how to overcome everyday environmental challenges. This is how it all ... Read More »
A trio of wheelchair curlers who train at Lockerbie Ice Rink made the long trip to Inverness last week but it was all worthwhile when they lifted the winner’s trophy at the 4th Highland Wheelchair Curling Triples Competition. Mary Bell from Dumfries, Ted Bidgood, who lives in Hornsby, near Brampton in Cumbria, and Keith Thorn from Annan are all members ... Read More »
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