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Contents


1 Motoring and Mobility - Featuring the latest vehicles and products available in the mobility marketplace


22 Tanni’s View - Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE – Tanni recounts her recent experience, 12 years after retiring from racing, of participating in a Team Triathlon


30 Eddie Peacock - “My generation baby…..” - Eddie discusses changes through generations, how technology has influenced these changes and highlights that the elderly and less able have time, knowledge and wisdom to contribute to society


39 Holidays - Summer is here, so why not treat yourself to a well deserved break


44 Industry Insight - Climate Change – Angus expresses his opinion on climate change and looks at the effect protests and other peoples research and opinions have on our everyday lives


55 Tea Break - Take a break and put your knowledge to the test


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Rachel Odell, Wessex DriveAbility


Centre Manager (left) and Constable Heidi Muxhan, Road Casualty


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Ability Needs Magazine


ABILITY NEEDS


The essential journal on disability


ISSUE 2 (SUMMER) 2019 £2.00 Quarterly


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Motoring & Mobility


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Front Cover photograph courtesy of Da Vinci Mobility/The Outdoor Guide


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