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MemberAs people with disabilities, we’re often faced with accessibility challenges, but these challenges are even more complex for those living in developing countries. Smart JP Akpah tells us of the difficulties he faces as a manual wheelchair user in Nigeria.
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Disability Access in Nigeria: An Inaccessible Environment -
Smart JP Akpah, a young man from Nigeria, is a manual wheelchair. In this article, Smart discusses disability access in Nigeria.
NIGHTMARE ACCESS STORIES NEEDED!
Hi all,
This is a bit of an exlcusive that my Facebook group members don’t know about yet…
I am putting together a halloween special edition of my newsletter The World is Accessible.
Part of this special edition will include stories of nightmare accessibility – you know, the type to make you lose sleep at…
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@joanp is the master of these horror stories!
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Reply to Tips for cobblestone and bumpy surfaces in a wheelchair
Probably! I think what would be handy about going backwards in a manual chair is that you don’t get that heart-stopping moment where your small caster wheels get jammed in a gap in the cobbles. My chair doesn’t have a seatbelt and I can’t tell you the amount of times that my wheelchair has come to an unexpected halt and my body, well……
Reply to Tips for cobblestone and bumpy surfaces in a wheelchair
Well I guess some can – those that are lucky enough to be able to look over their shoulder (I can’t).
Does anyone have experience of renting adapted vehicles in places you might not expect to find them? Countries like the USA and the UK have some decent options when it comes to renting vehicles with adaptions, and I know that in New Zealand for example there’s companies such as Freedom Mobility. But what about more far flung places? Is there…
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