By Steff Regular exercise – no matter your disability – will improve your overall fitness, help you control your weight, keep you healthy, decrease your chances of getting sick, and instantly improve your mood. Exercising in a wheelchair might seem like a dream, but there are plenty of low impact exercises you can perform while [...]

By Denise Watson For many people with disabilities, grab rails can provided much needed stability and reassurance when navigating difficult or slippery areas of the home. Here at the Disabled Shop, we offer a wide selection of grab rails to help prevent accidents and keep you independent in your own home. However, proper installation of [...]

By Denise Watson Before the arrival of the Disability Discrimination Act in the United Kingdom in 1995, wheelchair users sometimes had a loss in privacy due to not being able to go about their own business.  Old buildings didn’t have lifts, they sometimes had steep steps taking you up to the entrance door and offices [...]

It is difficult to say when the idea of the wheelchair was first thought of though a stone slate in China which is said to date back to the sixth century showed an inscription which indicated a very crude version was in existence then.  Another historical recording states that an ‘invalid chair’ was invented in [...]

By Stef Green Also see: Choosing a Wheelchair Friendly Wedding Venue For most ladies, after choosing the perfect wedding venue, the next step is to find that dream dress. If you’re getting married in a wheelchair, choosing a dress can seem daunting. The dresses in the bridal shops aren’t made with people in wheelchairs in [...]

By Stef Green You’ve found the love of your life and you’re ready to start planning the wedding. The only problem is you’re worried about creating a wedding day that’s wheelchair friendly. You certainly don’t see a lot of wheelchair weddings on the popular wedding blogs and magazines, and this leads to disabled brides and grooms [...]

Being disabled comes with its own unique set of challenges, not the least of which is financial. The ongoing need for expensive adaptive equipment, reduction in income or inability to work and increases in travel and living expenses means many people with disabilities cannot afford the care and equipment they need. The UK (and most [...]

Many people make the mistaken assumption that a person who uses a wheelchair has no feeling in their lower body. As many wheelchair uses will tell you, this is definitely not the case! Wheelchairs come in all shapes and sizes, and what works for one person may be agony for another. The most important thing [...]

by Steff Green It’s time again. I’m off on another adventure with my husband. It’s been two years since we last set out overseas, and my itchy feet have started to become unbearable. We’re going back to Germany, our favorite country, for a month to attend various music festivals, stay in a castle, and catch [...]

by Steff Green I’ve done a fair bit of travelling in my time. I’ve spent time on all five continents, been on an archaeological dig in Greece and visited forbidden tombs in Syria. I’ve never believed that a disability should hold you back from seeing the world. But travelling with a disability can add a [...]