Select committee of MPs reviews PIP assessment process MPs reviewing the response to the recent Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) inquiry into the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have stated that it falls short of requirements in two ways: The assessment...
Spinal Cord Injuries Awareness Day – 18th May 2018 In the UK alone, Spinal Cord Injuries are sustained by 1,000 people every year. Those unaffected by SCI’s are unaware of many of the implications that comes with an injury, and that the loss of mobility is...
Para Trap World cup Allan Ritchie, from Scotland, has been a T10 incomplete paraplegic since a spinal cord injury in Dec 2014. “It was a monumental shift in my life which, I will be honest, significantly eroded my self-esteem and self-confidence,” said Allan. A friend...
SIA PIP survey results Late last year we teamed up with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) to find out what people’s thoughts were with regard to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and DLA. Over 200 people clicked through from our email to the survey providing...
Right to independent living being denied In December 2016, the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched a formal inquiry on housing for disabled people. The inquiry examined whether the availability of accessible and adaptable housing, and the support services...
Disability Facts & Figures Report The Papworth Trust have recently published the 8th edition of their Disability Facts & Figures report. The report this time has focussed on the key areas of employment, social care and housing as the Trust believes that they...
Shortage of accessible homes needs addressing According to the NHS there are now 1.2 million wheelchair users in the UK. Sadly, there is also a shortage of accessible homes for private rent. Without a suitable home, wheelchair users and their families face emotional,...
[grwebform url=”https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=zZ4xV&webforms_id=18433203″ css=”on” center=”off” center_margin=”200″/] New research highlights minimum exercise limits for adults with SCI This...
What is posture? Posture is the way we hold ourselves or our body segments in relation to one another and their orientation in space. Our body positioning can be intentional or unintentional. Posture has two main purposes: Antigravity – to provide the rigidity needed...
Winner of 9 singles and 20 doubles titles We recently caught up with Cyclone ambassador and wheelchair tennis star Antony Cotterill. Antony broke his neck when he fell into a shallow swimming pool in Sept 2003 and first started playing wheelchair tennis in 2004 whilst...
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