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  • Trekinetic, a leading manufacturer of all-terrain wheelchairs, is thrilled to announce the launch of the new Trekinetic GTE Mk3 at Naidex, NEC Birmingham. The latest enhancements to the flagship Treki ...
  • Able2B in association with Naidex are asking individuals to join them at this year’s Naidex conference, the Ultimate Event for the Disability Community, or online to participate in an attempt to hold ...
  • While we should all be celebrating Pride Month; it can bring up challenging questions about disabled people’s intersectional ‘identities’. By Able Magazine editor, Tom Jamison The LGBTQ+ community has ...
  • Being a disabled child is difficult. So, what do you say to them? By editor of Able Magazine, Tom Jamison Disabled children, depending on their age, intellectual capability and circumstances, can rega ...
  • Neo Walk began in 2012 and since then has supplied their unique, stylish, beautiful walking sticks all over the world with customers in over 30 different countries. Built with one goal in mind, making ...
  • Study by Evenbreak New study shows disabled people are struggling to earn enough money and their mental health has been negatively impacted by the cost of living crisis, according to a recent survey. ...
  • By Enable Magazine As the cost of living crisis continues, people in the disability community continue to struggle to afford essentials like energy for equipment and food with the little financial sup ...
  • Triride

    21 Dec 2022
    Triride can attach to most manual wheelchairs by way of small brackets attached the wheelchair, when attached the wheelchair caster wheels (small wheels at the front) are raised from the ground and th ...
  • On the 6th and 7th July, TGA will be giving visitors to Naidex, NEC, the opportunity to drive the latest TGA mobility scooters and wheelchairs around its test track course with integrated exhibition stand (F70).

  • Cerebral Palsy Sport (CP Sport) is inviting everyone to take on ’31 Miles This March’ and raise money for CP Sport as part of CP Awareness Month.  

  • Despite a fifth of the UK’s population living with a disability or impairment, there is little recognition given to the many influential disabled people who are role models for others to aspire to.  

    Aiming to change public perception of disability, the Shaw Trust recognises the important work of these strong, successful and influential individuals and the leadership role they play in their field.  

    The Disability Power 100 recognises and amplifies the successes of the finalists, with the goal of encouraging talented leaders of tomorrow through their example to achieve their full potential, regardless of disability or impairment. 

     

  • On stand F32 at Naidex, mobility scooter users will be able to discover TGA’s new partnership with the Lake District National Park which promotes the 50 Miles without Stiles accessible routes.

  • Sirus is synonymous with the VW Caddy Life. Over the past 13 years, we have built over 2000 VW conversions for disabled drivers and passengers, and our Sirus VW Drive is the UK’s highest-selling compact Drive From Wheelchair solution.  Our Research and Development team are working hard to bring our latest conversion to you in Autumn 2021. We are launching the all-new Caddy 5 at the Naidex exhibition which is held at Birmingham’s NEC on 16th and 17th September. (stand number L70).

  • Everyday another 6,000 people take on a caring responsibility. Many of these unpaid family caregivers are suddenly finding themselves in the sandwich generation, squeezed between immediate families and ageing parents.

     

    Knowing how to help our parents isn’t easy, especially when you already have so much else going on (work, family life, your relationship and more). That’s why ElWell, an online caregiving hub, was created. Run by two women with personal and professional caregiving experience, their website offers support to people going through this. And here they’ve given their sandwich generation survival guide tips.

  • Naidex partners, Enable Magazine, recently caught up with rap artist Kray-Z Legz (Mark Humphries) to discuss the language of disability. In this article they discuss the language used when discussing disability, Mark's experiences with incorrect language and the launch of the Words Hurt campaign. 

    Click to read the full Enable magazine.

  • In order to boost support for all patient and their families, the NHS has so far recruited over 10,000 healthcare support workers (HCSWs) since the beginning of the year. Data from the NHS has shown that, of the 10,000 new members of staff, half are completely new to health and social care. This increase in HCSWs, which has been dubbed the ‘Nightingale Effect,’ has shown to be as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the UK, the population has gained a greater appreciation for the work that HCSWs and other key worker do.

     

  • Self-employed people make up 18% the country’s disabled workforce, and this is for a variety of reasons, including having the opportunity to fully show your potential. Choosing the right tech for your startup lays the foundations for an effective and successful business...

  • Our way of life is veering towards utilising technology to solve problems that simply didn’t exist this time last year. We already knew it of course, but now more than ever, technology matters.   
     
  • Paraplegic author Brian Abram is publishing a series of hilarious children’s books about the adventures of a wheelchair-using grandad and his grandson. Based on his own experiences with his grandson, each story will tell the reader a little bit about what it is like to use a wheelchair.  But more importantly, the stories will make the reader laugh out loud at the silly things Grandad Wheels and grandson Charlie get up to! 
  • According to the relevant regulations, most electric wheelchairs do not meet the air transportation standards. This means that when purchasing an electric wheelchair, you need to know the relevant regulations. What is the air transportation standard of electric wheelchair with lithium battery?