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I’ve been a wheelchair user for my entire 34 years of life thus far, and (as I’m sure most folk with some form of disability can attest to) I’ve had to talk about my fair share of problems faced in my day-to-day life. Often these discussions center on the topic of accessibility, with questions raised […]

Stand aids have transformed the way that care professionals are able to help people with limited mobility by allowing them to lift users with minimal strain. Stand aid hoists have become the preferred way for many care professionals to help their users with limited mobility move to various positions safely and with dignity. What is […]

I must admit that when I started to think about wheelchair clamps, my immediate thought was “well surely a clamp is just a clamp…” but the world of securing wheelchairs with clamps, has more to it than first meets the eye. Wheelchair users need to be certain that they are safe and secure in the […]

Is it easy to choose the perfect gift for someone who uses a wheelchair? The answer is often ‘no’. Are you looking for something a little different to gift this year to either a friend or a loved one? Check out these gifts for wheelchair user s. Would something specifically tailored towards a wheelchair user […]

Being able to go out, meet friends, be part of your community or just to get fresh air is essential to our health and well being, when our mobility is restricted this can significantly restrict your options, this is where a mobility scooter can allow you to maintain your social life.  Research from the Research […]

Patient Hoists come in many shapes and sizes; however, their basic design has not changed since they were introduced by Lord Armstrong, the famous British Industrialist in 1845. It would be some time before the basic design we know today would be introduced and used for lifting people as a patient hoist. When to hoist? […]

Robert makes a modest living on the shores of Lake Victoria – when passengers arrive in Buikwe by boat, he carries their luggage on his back Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, West of Kenya and East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in the heart of the Great Lakes region, and […]

Unfortunately, the world is not yet as accessible as many of us disabled people would like it to be.  It would be incredible if ramps, automatic doors and hearing loops were in existence everywhere, but that is sadly not yet the case.  So, for us wheelchair users who require access ramps to enter and exit […]

I think about this a lot and, as a guy with disability and a wheelchair user, I always find that disability has very little to do with my weak muscles, but a lot to do with the world we’ve built ourselves, the society which sometimes seems almost too bent on excluding people like me, like […]

A collapsible wheelchair, or folding wheelchairs as they are sometimes known, are very simply wheelchairs that are able to be reduced in size easily to support storage and transportation.  They can be self-propelled or attendant propelled and generally have folding backrests to reduce height and a vertical ‘X frame’ to reduce width. Who benefits? Folding […]