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    Best suspension shopping powerchair

    Feeling a wee bit desperate. I’m finding my Jazzy Pride “shopping” Powerchair’s suspension is just not adequate with going over the very bumpy pavement in the historic market where we live. For me the bumps make my ME much worse I’m bedbound at least 3 days a week and limited to a couple hours...
  2. Sly Saint

    Article: Woman with ME models and dances with her wheelchair in George at Asda ad to show ambulatory wheelchair users exist -Feb 2020

    full article here https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/20/woman-models-dances-wheelchair-george-asda-ad-show-ambulatory-wheelchair-users-exist-12262372/
    • Sly Saint
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    • advertising ambulatory wheelchair use article awareness disability me/cfs united kingdom wheelchair
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    • Forum: General ME/CFS news
  3. Sly Saint

    Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? - Bethesda, Maryland (NIH Visitor Information)USA Mar 2020

    March 30, 2020 - 8:30 AM - 5:45 PM March 31, 2020 - 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland (NIH Visitor Information) ME not on list...
  4. Sly Saint

    UK article: Mum trapped inside home says she feels like a burden on her family

    article here https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/woman-trapped-inside-home-describes-3286934 (not sure why she is having to crowd fund for this(?) there is the Motability scheme) https://www.motability.co.uk/about-the-scheme/personal-independence-payment/
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    • article housebound mobility motability patient experience pip wheelchair
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General ME/CFS news
  5. JemPD

    Is being pushed in a wheelchair humiliating? BBC: Disabled man drags himself on floor through airport

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45765767 After the airport forgot to load his self propel wheelchair, this paraplegic man chose to drag himself along the floor through the airport rather than be pushed in a 'push only' wheelchair. His reasons are that it would be humiliating & degrading to have...
  6. A

    Wheelchair awareness day

    Brilliant initiative by Skye councillors - could your council do this too? Best way to gain understanding http://www.theskyetimes.co.uk/index.php/3520-councillors-to-spend-day-in-wheelchairs-for-wheelchair-awareness-day
  7. Binkie4

    Travelling with a wheelchair by air

    I posted in the last thread @Mattie travelling by car. Now I need to ask about air travel and carrying wheelchairs. About 4 weeks ago, I did the 7 hour car journey I mentioned and it did not go well. We decided to stop halfway and booked a decent hotel. I also decided to stay in bed at home...
  8. M

    United Kingdom: Getting a Wheelchair on the NHS

    After a recent bad relapse, I've come to the decision that I would like to try and apply for a wheelchair. I could of used one for a long time really, but pride gets in the way. There are probably 100s or even 1000s things I've missed over the years I could of gone to if I'd had the courage to...
  9. Allele

    Let's talk wheelchairs and mobility scooters

    So I am finally (grudgingly) admitting to myself that life might be less crashy and my horizons expanded a bit if I had a power wheelchair. I'd love to hear from others who have one what features you love/hate/wish you had. I only have a carer one day a week, so the thing would ideally be...
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