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Mobility scooters on UK roads.
Before starting out, here is a list of information you need to know when using a mobility scooter on the road.
Are you aware that the only types of Mobility Scooters that can be used on the UK roads are known as a Class 3 ‘invalid carriage' (Roa ...
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Can I take my mobility scooter onto the train
Each Rail Network Company sets its own rules for carrying mobility scooters so check with them before you attempt to travel. Full details are given in each company's making rail accessible - helping older and disabled passengers DPPP document, online ...
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Shopmobility in St. Austell, Cornwall
As a volunteer for this charity run service, I was horrified to learn that so many people did not know we exist, so I need to put that right!
Go! St. Austell is a Shopmobility scheme which allows everyone with mobility problems, whether tempora ...
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Potential new self catering destination with wheelchair access and ceiling hoists
Hi. I am hoping you will help.
I am considering letting out our family home in Newcastle upon Tyne as a self catering holiday accommodation with wheelchair access and ceiling hoists as there is no accessible self catering accommodation in this a ...
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Guide to Care Homes and Nursing Homes
Care Directory is a leading directory specializes in providing information about care homes and nursing homes in the UK. We have more than 20,000 businesses listed in our website.
Care Directory allows public to search for care homes / nursing h ...
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Riser recliner chairs with a stylish twist
A lot of riser recliner chairs available for purchase today look old fashioned and are often unloved by new buyers. Manufacturers are lured into the trap of thinking that because their audience is largely made up of elderly persons, they should produ ...
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Over half of UK motorists admit they would use a Disabled Parking space
And Less Than 40% Would Report Misuse
53% of UK motorists have admitted that they would misuse disabled parking areas, a recent survey has found. The research, conducted by iCarhireinsurance.com, the leading provider of car hire excess insurance ...
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JobCentre+ Visits Nov/Jan 2017
Dear fellow Disabled Readers, my name is Mr Zan Marseilles, I am 54yrs of age and live in Carshalton, Surrey. In July 2007 I was unfortunately the recipient of a traumatic brain injury (T.B.I.) after crashing my motorcycle extremely heavily whilst on ...
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DWP and disability.
I moved from Manchester to South Shields and now ongoing care moved from Wythenshawe to the Freeman hospital for the electrical circuit around my heart. Goes the wrong way sometimes and cardiac arrest occurs. Not nice.
At 66, my M/c Bus/Tram pas ...
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RAC - Updated December 2016
Breakdown Cover for Blue Badge Holders (RAC Response)
Peace of Mind for Blue Badge Holders from Just £132.99
Comprehensive breakdown cover for you
Our breakdown patrols will know you're a Blue Badge holder before they reach you
We ...
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Hoist for campervans and wagons!
Hey guys!
I recently watched an episode of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, where a young man with spinal muscular atrophy had created a self contained travelling wagon. (I highly recommend watching the episode, if you can, it is available on ipl ...
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Make sure your straight on bus ramps
After I come home after a huge, long stay in the Royal National Orthopaedic hospital Stanmore
I had then a manual chair, so this day my wife said, let's do the shopping.
So off to Tesco we went, planning to get a bus back.
Swiss AAA+ ...
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At last a beach that wheelchair manual / power chair can enjoy
I live in Clacton-On-Sea now I have been disabled ten very long years. But I am of the age that remembers an outbreak of Polo plus saw first-hand how disabled people were treated overseas. In the armed forces period, utterly, vastly so badly.
So ...
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The Good Care Group's helpful guide shows ways to cope and better understand people with dementia
The Good Care Group offer high quality live in care services, for elderly people to live in their home for as long as possible.
Their eye-opening and educational dementia guide offers a 'person-centred' analysis of the lives of those affected b ...
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Job Hunting Tips for People with Disabilities
Finding a good job is not an easy task even for young and promising college graduates, who are full of enthusiasm and desire to soar to new heights. If one has a disability, he may worry that it will limit his job prospects or that he won't be able t ...
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Blue Badge Parking in Europe: Interactive map and local language print-outs
Driving in Europe can be a daunting prospect for anyone, but negotiating the local parking laws and finding an accessible space when you're a disabled driver, or have a disabled passenger, can create additional confusion.
To minimize this confu ...
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Luggie Travel Scooter Tried & Tested - read our customer reviews
If you've made a decision to purchase a mobility scooter that you will be using whist you're travelling via Plane, Train, Cruise or even to catch the bus then you will need it to be portable and easy to handle.
The Luggie folding mobility scoot ...
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Guide to Finding a Job for People with Disabilities
The Job industry is really competitive: nevertheless, if you're counted as an individual with a disability in physical or mental impairments, don't you ever let anyone discriminate against your will to be employed. Know that you're protected by law a ...
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Tips For People With Disabilities To Face The Job Interview
Though the society is trying to understand and support people with disabilities, they still fill more confused than others in a lot of life situations. And job interview is exactly the place where they have to show themselves in the best light, dispe ...
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What Your Dr May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia
In 1999 Dr. St. Amand, an experienced endocrinolost and UCLA assistant clinical professor, published his effective protocol for reversing fibromyalgia, based on nearly half a century of research, including his own experience with the disease and that ...
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