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ABILITY NEEDS


Contents


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


14 Tanni’s View - Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE – Tanni shares her thoughts about how strange it is to realise how little she has been out of the house since March and how disabled people can work from home in this new environment


24 Eddie Peacock - Ramblings - Eddie explores rambling in its many forms, from the independence of walking to speaking about subjects which appear to have no rational or logical connection


28 Industry Insight


- Communication is the key to winning the war on Covid-19 – Angus discusses how communication was vital during important moments in our history and points out that effective communication is again vital in these times


34 Holidays - With holidays looking unlikely to be achievable in the near future why not take John’s advice and look closer to home


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


Purchase a digital copy of Ability Needs at www.magzter.com Follow us on WELCOME TO SCOOTER STORE LIMITED S


cooter Store Limited is an established company with over twenty- five years’ experience, which has become very popular especially with the elderly and disabled community nationwide. The concept of a small, easy to use store for securing mobility vehicles has


been extremely well received by many local authorities. Housing Associations, County, City and Borough Councils as well as charitable organisations have installed Scooter Stores throughout the country with great success; whilst thousands have been exported to Europe. This has solved storage and independence issues for many people.


In our experience we have found that many people who use mobility scooters find it very difficult getting their scooter in and out of their property without help or assistance. Storing them in living rooms and hallways is not always ideal as they take up a lot of room and can cause fire hazards. The scooter store itself is simple and was designed in response to a


Rachel Odell, Wessex DriveAbility Centre Manager (left) and Constable


demand from the public. The standard unit is 1525mm long x 1220mm wide x 1070mm high and made of 2mm steel the store comes in a green finish. Bespoke scooter stores can be manufactured to different sizes to suit your specific mobility scooter requirements. Our Scooter Stores are delivered flat packed for installation to inaccessible places and are installed by our fully trained engineers. Our scooter stores are all push button controlled and fully lockable. A socket for charging the scooter is provided within the store. The Scooter Store requires very little maintenance. The Scooter Store is such a marvellous alternative which is secure and


theft proof, and because it is so easy to use independence can be greatly improved for mobility vehicle users.


Our contact details are: Scooter Store Limited, Unit 11 Riverside Business Park, Cambridge Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2HE. Tel: 01279 453565. www.scooterstoreltd.com


2 Ability Needs Magazine


ABILITY NEEDS


The essential journal on disability WINTER ISSUE Q1 2021


£2.00 Quarterly


Motoring and Mobility


Adapting Your Home


Exercise at Home


Learn to Fly


Grey-Thompson DBE


Baroness


Front Cover photograph courtesy of RAF Museum Cosford


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