Young Disabled Drivers!

Get Going Live!, the test-driving event for young and novice drivers with disabilities, is back for 2015 and now incorporated into the well-known Mobility Roadshow.

Scooter Warning!

Warning for uninsured scooters.

#ASDA Disabled Best

Asda is the most disability-friendly supermarket chain in Britain, but nearly 95% of disabled drivers say they are impacted or obstructed by able-bodied driver blue badge bay misuse across all the major retailers' car parks - presenting a massive customer relations dilemma for the stores.

World’s First Eoskeleton

The World’s First Lower-Limb Bionic Exoskeleton Launched in UK.

Best In Mobility

Following on from the success of the S-Ergo Series in 2013, Karma Mobility has once again swept the board at the 2014 Taiwan Excellence Awards with its revolutionary VIP Series winning the prestigious Gold Award for Precision Instruments & Medical Equipment.

Expierience Wheelchair Life!

New employees  become wheelchair users for the day.

Disabled Animal Lover Continues Work

Despite living with severe Osteoporosis and walking difficulties, Cliff Quinn, 54 from Cambridge, has been able to remain independent and continue his voluntary animal rescue work, thanks to a funky TGA mobility scooter.

 

Family Get Mobile!

Colin Whitt, 52 from Heanor Derbyshire, UK, and three members of his family have all become recent owners of a new type of folding mobility scooter, the TGA Minimo, so they can enjoy independence outdoors together.

Mobilty Insurance Firm Created

An Insurance firm has been created as a direct response to disappointment with the range and quality of mobility equipment insurance products currently available.

Mark Effenberg ‘s son has cerebral palsy and uses powered mobility equipment so he developed Blue Badge Mobility.

The company will provide policies covering use, protection and liability relating to scooter, wheelchair and home equipment, and will price-match like-for-like policies currently on the market. Other care-related insurance products will be launched throughout 2014 - all aimed at people who want to remain independent and receive care at home, and for those that care for them.

Typical guideline premium prices will be £24 a year for wheelchair cover, and from £59 for electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters.

"We simply do not have the overheads of the big insurers - and that means we can pass on cost savings to customers," said Mark.

Mobility Roadshow Takes a Break

After celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Mobility Roadshow at Telford in June, Mobility Choice, the Charity responsible for its organisation, has announced a major review of its activities. This is to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of people with mobility issues in the light of the ageing population and recent changes to benefit entitlements.

 The Charity will be launching a major consultation exercise to listen to the views of all relevant people, through its extensive database of visitors over recent years, as well as taking the views of exhibitors and other stakeholders. The results of those consultations will help Mobility Choice to plan and deliver future events and services in the most effective way.

Ann Frye, Chair of Mobility Choice, said: "it is time to take stock and review what is really needed now and for the future to ensure Mobility Choice stays focussed on the right priorities.”

 While this review is taking place, there will be no Mobility Roadshow held in 2014.

Welcome!

Esther McVey recently called for local councils to improve access to tourist areas and claimed many public places are too difficult for visitors with mobility problems to get to.

My blog will stop the usual worry of phoning round or frantically searching the Internet to find out if places are accessible and will become the first place to look at. You’ll no longer have to trust someone’s version of ‘access’, who may not know, and you will also be able to add your own recommendations.