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Naidex 2023: check out accessible products and inclusive brands coming together at the Disability Horizons Marketplace

Disability Horizons is excited to be partnering again with Naidex to bring the Disability Horizons Marketplace. This is an area in Naidex where you can find affordable daily aids, tools and resources to take home with you from the event.

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Disability Horizons Marketplace was created to add to people’s experience of a big show by being able to buy useful items at Naidex.… Read more... “Naidex 2023: check out accessible products and inclusive brands coming together at the Disability Horizons Marketplace”
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FreshWipes: a convenient alternative to a bath or shower if you have a disability

Keeping on top of your hygiene if you have a disability is vital for ensuring you stay well and away from those nasty infections. However, in some cases, showering or having a bath can be physically difficult and draining, leaving you with hardly any energy for the rest of the day. Lucy, an editor for Disability Horizons, talks about how FreshWipes can be a perfect alternative, enabling you to feel fresh and confident without needing to exhaust yourself with regular showers.… Read more... “FreshWipes: a convenient alternative to a bath or shower if you have a disability”
Tru Grip door handle extension set by TruRegardCategoriesInterviews
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Tru Grip: how this door handle adaptation helps people with disabilities

Connor, an entrepreneur and inventor, designed the Tru Grip, a door handle extension to enable people with joint pain and other disabilities to open doors with ease. He is inspired by the desire to create products that help both disabled and non-disabled people alike, and he believes that the Tru Grip can enhance everyone’s life.  Read on to find out more about how Connor developed the product, or head straight to buy the Tru Grip door handle extension.… Read more... “Tru Grip: how this door handle adaptation helps people with disabilities”
Image features the word "Review" in dark red text to the top left, and below to the bottom left is the Disability Horizons logo. To the right is a photograph of a brown pair of walking boots, with Greeper Hikers accessible shoe lacesCategoriesReviews
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Review of the Greeper Sports shoelaces

Tying shoelaces can be incredibly hard for people with disabilities, especially those with poor motor skills and dexterity issues. Today Zec Richardson, a blogger and reviewer at Satonmybutt, is reviewing the Greeper Sports shoelaces and talks about how they can give disabled people more independence. To purchase Greeper Sports shoelaces head to the Disability Horizons Shop For many people, tying shoes comes naturally, but for some laces can be so problematic that they have to wear velcro fastening footwear. … Read more... “Review of the Greeper Sports shoelaces”
Image features dark red text which reads "Review" at the top left of a white rectangle, and to the bottom left is the Disability Horizons logo. To the right is the Buttons2Button logo along with product beneath.CategoriesReviews
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Buttons 2 Button adaptive no-sew magnetic buttons review

Zec Richardson, a blogger and reviewer at Satonmybutt, is taking a closer look at some of our products. Today, as part of our in-house team, he is looking at the Buttons 2 Button adaptive no-sew magnetic buttons. Trying to button up a shirt or blouse when you have arthritis, dexterity issues or physical disability can be frustrating. It can even leave you feeling like you have lost some dignity.… Read more... “Buttons 2 Button adaptive no-sew magnetic buttons review”
The Samantha Renke accessible handbag in goldCategoriesAdvice
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New disability-friendly handbag designs by Sam Renke

Searching around in a handbag, trying to find your phone or keys, when you have a physical disability or dexterity issues can be frustrating. In 2018, Samantha Renke, a disability rights activist and actress, created a stylish and wheelchair compatible handbag that has problem-solved the challenges disabled women endure with their handbag. It is called the Samantha Bag. Today, we are excited to announce that the handbag is available in five new colours and a larger size!… Read more... “New disability-friendly handbag designs by Sam Renke”
Face mask exemption card and lanyard next to each otherCategoriesAdvice
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Mask exemption card proved essential for thousands of disabled people

Having launched the Disability Horizons Shop at the end of last year, we never expected to be able to help so many disabled people so quickly, enabling us to grow and offer paid work to disabled people too. As many Disability Horizons readers will know, back in 2011, we launched with the aim of making the world more inclusive and helping disabled people to live the life they choose.… Read more... “Mask exemption card proved essential for thousands of disabled people”