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Disabled designer wins $500,000 to develop first intelligent manual wheelchair

By John Pring on 10th January 2019 Category: Independent Living

Disabled designer wins $500,000 to develop first intelligent manual wheelchair
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A disabled entrepreneur and product designer is set to develop a revolutionary prototype of the world’s first “intelligent” manual wheelchair, after winning half a million dollars in funding through a global competition. Andrew Slorance, whose start-up company Phoenix Instinct is based […]

A year on from new taxi discrimination laws… and not a single prosecution

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Transport

A year on from new taxi discrimination laws… and not a single prosecution
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Local authorities have failed to prosecute a single taxi-driver for discriminating against wheelchair-users under new legislation introduced more than a year ago, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. The figures show that not one taxi-driver out […]

Finding a wheelchair ‘is expensive, time-consuming and rarely straightforward’

By John Pring on 16th November 2017 Category: Independent Living

Finding a wheelchair ‘is expensive, time-consuming and rarely straightforward’
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Choosing and funding a wheelchair is expensive and time-consuming, and often results in the purchase of unsuitable and uncomfortable equipment, according to new research by a user-led charity. A survey by the spinal cord injury charity Back Up found that nearly […]

Councils ‘should be shamed into action’ on taxi access laws

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Transport

Councils ‘should be shamed into action’ on taxi access laws
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A disability activist has called on disabled people to shame their local councils into action, after his research showed more than a quarter had no plans to take one simple step that would protect wheelchair-users who use taxis from discrimination. On […]

Setback for taxi wheelchair access, after councils snub new laws

By John Pring on 27th April 2017 Category: Transport

Setback for taxi wheelchair access, after councils snub new laws
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Local authorities are refusing to take simple measures that will provide new legal protection from discrimination for wheelchair-users who want to travel by taxi. On 6 April, the government finally brought into force legislation that imposes fines of up to £1,000 […]

‘Tens of thousands of children could gain from new wheelchair laws’

By John Pring on 13th March 2015 Category: Independent Living

‘Tens of thousands of children could gain from new wheelchair laws’
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Tens of thousands of disabled children could benefit from a change in the law that now allows under-17s to use more advanced powered wheelchairs, campaigners claim. The amendment to existing highways regulations came into force on Monday (9 March) and increases […]

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