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Bariatric mobility aids abroad
Bariatric mobility scooter Hello. I’m going to DIsneyland Paris for one day at the start of a holiday in Paris. I have mobility issues but don’t generally use a chair or anything. I’m worried that I won’t manage DLP or that if I do it’ll wreck me for the rest of the trip. I know the park does scooter rentals, but it’s…
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New Council Property and Partner Moving In?
Hi all, I’m just wondering if anyone can offer advice on this for me please. I’m currently in privately rented accommodation and have been on a council housing waiting list for approximately three years. The council in question is not the district I live in currently, but they allowed me on their list as I have a local…
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Hi. Is it possible for me to get a grant to reconfigure the kitchen to make it more accessible?
I have spondyloarthropathy, Fibromyalgia and Crohn's Disease, these conditions make it difficult to use my kitchen the way it is as it is near on impossible for me to get cookware etc out of the cupboards. It also has no radiator in which l need as the cold makes my condition worse and our kitchen is freezing more or less…
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Council Tax Discount
I am now (or shortly will be) receiving enhanced PIP I have been looking at other benefits linked to this and have found a possible entitlement to a council tax discount However - my local council are unclear as to thisTheir website implies that this is discount based on banding and lowering the band by one for certain…
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Hi, my name is VECTOR! I have just bought a Green Mobility Faster scooter
I have just bought a Green Mobility Faster scooter and with to take it to France to my second home. Can you please tell me how I can convert it to travel at the faster speed
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Update on AS
Hi everyone it’s now July and no further forward than I was in may. i am in so much more pain and I am writing this with my left hand as my right hand is nearly useless. I can’t remember if I updated since may or June as you be honest I really don’t know where I am as every day is rolling into one. I only have you to talk…
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Has Anyone Used Habinteg before? I need your help.
Hello everybody! I was just wondering if anyone has used Habinteg before? I have lived in the family home for all of the 30 years of my life and unfortunately due to circumstances out of my control i'm having to look at my housing options. I have spoken with my local authority regarding my housing situation, however…
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Estate Agents and Property Websites
Hi! I'm Neale and I'm profoundly deaf, a BAHA user, and while I enjoy a boogie to music and an overindulgence in front of the television (I see you Stranger Things and Wimbledon fans!), one thing I struggle beyond anything is a simple telephone call. Maybe it's the unpredictability of the conversation, tone and voice, that…
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"Not disabled enough" for PIP/Motability - but "too disabled" to lease a car!
Hi there, I wondered if you could offer any advice on my situation. I have cerebral palsy which affects my movement, coordination and strength on my right side but I am generally mobile and active and 'pass' as someone without a disability. However one of the main areas of day-to-day life this affects is how I drive. I was…
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Walking Stick or Crutch?
Hey all I've not posted in a while but I am hoping that you might have some advice for me. I have chronic pain in my lower back which causes sciatica in both of my legs down to my toes. Every so often, if I over do it (which doesn't take a lot), my right leg gives way on me. I've almost fallen a few times in the street…
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Looking to move out at some point
Hi all, I'm new here and explain a bit about me in the introduction thread I created. To cut a long story short 32 years old and a wheelchair user suffering a slight setback due to unconditioned muscles seeking to move house in a few years to a major city. Now, I've been told when I move out my budget goes up, I've also…
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Hi, my name is aimee1978! What housing is realistically available to me?
I am disabled on crutches. I have lived here for 7 years in privately rented property. My landlord has decided to sell it. So I only have until September to get out. What is realistically out there in my area of Suffolk to house me with my two cats? I can't get a guarantor as my parents are retired and don't earn the…
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Autistic child/disable mom
Hy I have already received a lot of good advice from here but I need some more help please I have a child autistic and i Have disability as well we are in one bedroom flat 2 kids and me So many time police came because the neighbours are so disturbed because of my daughter as she is jumping banging the wall and running…
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Direct payments
Hi, my husband has been waiting over 3 years for his direct payments application to be sorted. Over that time everyone involved with him has said how wonderful it will be when he gets a p.a. which to be honest was starting to annoy me when we'd ask the neuro specialists for help with his mental health and they'd say " oh…
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Electric wheelchair hire in Rome
Hi, I’m the carer for my husband who is a wheelchair user. We hope to travel to Rome next year and wonder if anyone had hired an electric wheelchair for when in Rome and are able to suggest companies used. Thanks
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Motabillaty car stolen
Hi is there anyone that can help me or give me some advice, my motabillaty car was stolen about a month ago and since then I'm housebound and motabillaty are saying there's nothing they can do until all checks are done, this should have been completed by 5th July, there still taking the payments and there saying I'm not…
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Companion enhancement bus pass anyone use this?
Hello I 'm enquiry for a friend. Her daughter is registered disabled and has had a disability bus pass for several years. She is now over the age (12) for which companionship enhancement can be applied for and parents are about to put in the medical evidence for the application. As its early days in her life, the parents…
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Hi, my name is CAPETOWN2000!
I BOUGHT A NEW CAR ADAPTED WITH HAND CONTROLS AS I'M A PARAPLEGIC. I MANAGED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY TO PURCHASE WITHOUT VAT. MOST CAR DEALERS CAN'T OR WON'T OR DECLINE TO PROCESS HMRC FORM VAT1615A BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE AND IS TOO MUCH HASSLE FOR THEM. NOW I CAN'T PURCHASE A SERVICE PLAN WITHOUT VAT FOR MY CAR…
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Help need to get out!
Hi everybody I have been stuck in the house, unable to get out in my scooter/wheelchair for quite a long, long time now, cutting a long story short my neighbour has put rocks & sharp pebbles in the little alleyway outside my gate, it is so very uneven & blocks easy access. I contacted the Council about this problem, who…
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30 years old and want to look at getting my own place. What is the first thing I need to do ?
I am 30 years old, I still live with my Mum, I have never lived away from her and despite us getting along well I feel It is time I get my own place and have my independence. I feel If I don't do it now then before I know it I will be 35 , then 40 and still living with mum. I get anxious when things change and I am very…
