Opening up an all-terrain world
[AD] Mountain Trike specialise in all-terrain wheelchairs that empower and grow with the user The Mountain Trike Company believe that everyone should be able to access the outdoors, no...
Naidex 2023
We can't wait for 22-23 March this year when Naidex gets underway and celebrates its 50th year! Naidex is the flagship event for the disability community, an opportunity to meet up with...
Happy Purple Tuesday!
Today (1 November) is Purple Tuesday, a day designed to raise awareness of the disabled customer experience. In light of the cost of living crisis, this has never been a more important time...
Halloween for spooky spoonies and more!
As the spooky season befalls us this October, we want to highlight some of the amazing disabled creators who have the Halloween season covered for you. This list is currently just a snapshot of some of the creators we have found on Etsy, but we want to continue to add...
Accessercise
In the latest issue we caught up with Paralympian Ali Jawad, who spent lockdown creating the first ever complete health and fitness app designed and created specifically for disabled...
Pathways into Children’s Publishing
Is it your dream to become an illustrator for children's books, but you don't know where to start? Traversing the world of publishing can be difficult, advice and information on how to...
Snowball app launches to Paralympic aclaim
Snowball, a brand new app for disabled people that asks them to review and rate how disability-friendly businesses and services are, has launched today with Paralympians giving it a gold...
Euan’s Guide Access Survey results
Towards the end of 2021 over 2,400 disabled people and their families, friends, carers and health and social care professionals gave their thoughts in Euan’s Guide Access Survey supported...
Business Without Barriers: supporting disabled entrepreneurs
Discover the new online support hub for disabled entrepreneurs The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has launched a dedicated online hub to support disabled entrepreneurs and encourage...
Naidex 2022
Will you be attending the flagship event of the disability community? Naidex is back once again to help show that anything is possible. Reunite with friends, old and new, this summer on 6-7 July at the NEC, Birmingham for Europe’s leading event supporting independent...
New accessible homes in London
#AD In the heart of London's Zone 2, Durkan will deliver 89 one, two and three bedroom apartments along with two and three bedroom family townhouses across these two neighbouring sites. As...
QEF’s Mobility Centre celebrates with free mobility assessments
Disability charity Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) is celebrating 40 years since opening the UK’s first mobility centre in 1982. Since that date they have supported...
Sex tech brand launch personal budget awareness campaign
Hot Octopuss are an inclusive sex toy brand that are normalising sex aids for disabled people. They have recently launched their Personal Budget Awareness Campaign to highlight the...
Job opportunity at British Paralympic Association
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) are recruiting for a Commercial Officer in a permanent position. Read on below to find out more about this great opportunity... BPA Job Opportunity...
Fashion student with CP designs inclusive collection
Gemma Tyte is 22 and studying Fashion Knitwear Design at Nottingham Trent University. She lives with mild cerebral palsy and believes that today's high street brands need to "think outside...
Savage X Fenty praised for hiring disabled model
Twitter users proved just how much representation matters last week when Lyric Mariah, a Savage X Fenty model who lives with a limb difference, went viral on the platform, heaping warranted...
FreshWipes transform hygiene routine
#AD FreshWipes are extra large, biodegradable, antibacterial wipes that can be used to cleanse your body to keep you fresh and clean on the days you cannot shower or bathe. Previously known...
Report: audio description missing from three-quarters of Netflix content
By Emma Purcell | Twitter: @P94Emma Research has found more than 75% of TV series and films on the streaming service Netflix has no audio description available, potentially impacting two...
Sky Q introduce voice guidance
Sky Q, the award-winning TV box, is introducing Voice Guidance – a new feature that will make the platform more accessible than ever. Rolling out throughout April, Voice Guidance will make...
Mayor of London announces new grant for disabled artists
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has today announced a brand new fund available for the city's D/deaf and disabled artists and organisations, with the intension of including their output in...
Call for participants for smartphone accessibility study
A postgraduate research group at University College London (UCL) are planning a survey about smartphone accessibility for individuals with spinal cord injuries. This is a UCL master’s...
Media hub launched for visually impaired people
The first dedicated hub for blind and visually impaired people offering its subscribers access to thousands of books, newspapers, podcasts, radio stations and information from a range of UK...
The Ultimate Christmas Gift List
Struggling to find that perfect gift for a loved one? We have tracked down some of the best gifts to give this year, supporting small independent businesses and disabled creators. Spoonie...
A Change of Vista™ for Jessica
Allied Mobility customer, Jessica Taylor-Bearman, recently bid a fond farewell to her old wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) in favour of a brand-new model, the Volkswagen Caddy Vista™. ...
“Official Sources” meme falls flat with screen readers
Twitter loves a meme - who doesn't - but the new funny bandwagon that users are jumping on isn't accessible to everyone on the platform because it can't be read out loud with screen...
Great British Bake Off 2020: Marc’s Best Bits
Regular readers of PosAbility Magazine will know that we are massive fans of the Great British Bake Off. There's something about the show that's soothing, while simultaneously making your...
Accessible TV Guide Launched
Freeview have announced the first roll out of its award-winning Accessible TV Guide, now available at Channel 555 on supported Freeview Play devices. Freeview’s Accessible TV Guide will...
Celebrating Dwarfism Awareness Month
October is Dwarfism Awareness Month, so what better time is there to celebrate the achievements and contributions of people throughout history who lived with restricted growth? Maybe...
New Veterans Railcard Launched
Double Olympic gold medallist and armed forces veteran, Honorary Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes, has teamed up with Sophie Faldo, former Army officer and winner of the Great British Bake Off, to...
Call for Amazon to ban discriminatory t-shirts
Forty-three Down’s syndrome and learning-disability groups, including the Down’s syndrome Association and Mencap, have this weekend published an open letter calling on Amazon to take steps...
Research for blind and partially sighted people
Charities across the sight loss sector are calling for people with vision impairment to take part in a landmark research study. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Guide...
Raise the roof production new show
Raise the Roof Productions, makers of property shows ‘Love It or List It’ and ‘A Country Life for Half the Price’ are on the hunt for families keen to explore how they could live mortgage free. In this new series they will help homeowners embrace their dream lifestyle...
Disability Pride Month
This Disability Pride Month we want to give a shout out to some of the amazing bloggers, campaigners and organisations out there who are helping to pave the way for a more inclusive...
Driving Mobility Centres reopen
Driving Mobility, the charity that accredits a network of specialist driving assessment centres, is reopening its services with COVID-19 safety measures so drivers can once again receive...
Virtual Visiting
The team at Euan’s Guide have discovered some alternative options to keep you exploring during lockdown by way of virtual visiting What do you do during a lockdown when your charity is all...
Sizzling Summer Must-haves
As summer arrives and we potentially look at getting out and about again, it is time to equip ourselves with some summer essentials. We have collated a wonderful wish list of must-have...
Smiley the penguin helps social distancing
Staff from a housing service in New Milton dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities have launched a unique project to explain social distancing. The team from Sanctuary...
Residents create pub in care home garden
Four men with learning disabilities have converted a dilapidated summer house in the garden of their Waveney care home into a pub to help stave off cabin fever during the COVID-19 lockdown....
ME: Misunderstood
Today marks the beginning of ME Awareness Week (11-17 May 2020) and we will be shining a light on the ME community, raising awareness and educating the wider population on what it means to...
Face masks and the hearing loss community
Susan Griffiths is the ASD occupational therapy lead in Children’s Therapy Services at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Susan is a hearing aid user and lip reader, and she is raising...
Neatebox app helps disabled shoppers
Scottish technology company Neatebox is offering supermarkets across the UK free access to its innovative Welcome app, which the company claims, can remove the challenges millions of...
Walking 100 miles with a stoma
In 2015, Chris Stewart received a diagnosis of a rare bowel condition which, without surgery, was going to develop into cancer. As he was diagnosed so late, his doctors feared he would not...
Non-Executive Director Network
Sport England and UK Sport are keen to engage a new cohort of potential non-executive directors with the ambition, commitment and transferable skills to contribute to the sport industry by joining the Board of one of our funded partners. We believe that the...
Keeping busy in self-isolation for free
Keeping busy in self-isolation is a pretty difficult thing, especially now that we're having to engage with friends, family, and loved ones through social media or Skype instead of seeing...
Winning at self-isolation
Many of you will be preparing for, or may already be in, self-isolation. The recent guidance from the government has stated that anyone over the age of 70, anyone who has an underlying...
International Women’s Day
This Sunday is International Women's Day, but since we don't work weekends, we thought we'd dedicate a whole week to celebrating some incredible disabled women and women who live with...
Euan’s Guide announce top accessible venues
Euan's Guide, the amazing access review site, has recognised eight accessible venues across the UK for their accessibility and outstanding welcome for disabled visitors. The awards, which...
Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month
February is LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK! While in the USA, the celebration is held in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day, in the UK we take February to delve into the...
TalkTalk joins Ambitious about Autism
TalkTalk has joined together with charity Ambitious about Autism to launch an employability programme in the North West of England. The programme, Employ Autism, aims to prepare 10,000...
Brotherwood Case Study – The Collins Family
Advertorial from WAV conversion specialists Brotherwood When the Collins family were looking for a high quality, safe and discrete Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle for their son Mark, they...
