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Free app to find toilet, parking and health facilities: Find Nearby
Hi everyone, My name is Callum and I’m the Glasgow-based founder of Find Nearby, a mobile app that helps people quickly find toilets, parking, benches, playparks, health locations and other useful places nearby. I’ve recently made several key accessibility, family and health searches completely free with no ads, including…
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Greeenpower Unique 500 technical manual
Does anyone know where you can buy/download or get sight of a technical manual for a Greenpower Unique 500? Thanks
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Reporting An Improvement/Fluctuating Condition.
Hello everyone, I am wondering if anyone can advise on this. I have been on PIP for a few years and my award is due for review in 2029. The main condition I have is physically and mentally draining but it is a fluctuating "visible" condition that varies in severity. Sometimes it is minimal but I will still be in some pain…
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Disability Pride: a history of fighting for rights and visibility
As I reflect on my disability identity, I think about my disability origin story. Why is it that I find it so difficult to accept my disability, to not view it as ugly? The answer could lie deep-rooted in history. How we have treated disabled people. How those attitudes are still relevant today. Disabled people have…
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National Epilepsy Week 2026.
Shout out to all those living with epilepsy and the support network around them.
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Hi, my name is pipmarshall!
hi everyone
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Trapped in the silence: The painful wait after a romantic request
I have developed feelings for a female bowling group member who is deaf with a learning disability. This is the first time this has happened. Last Friday, I told her over text that I really like her and would love to take her out on a date if she is interested. I told her that she really caught my eye when she first joined…
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Purpl Grant Fund
Hi has anyone ever heard back from a Purpl Grant application? To be clear I am ONLY referring to GRANT applications from them, not applications for membership. They’re supposed to have reopened applications for Grants today (13th July 26) but as of 11:26am, have not done so) Thanks
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Hi, my name is Michele2020! Lumbar spinal stenosis, feeling lonely
Hello! That may sound happy, but I am anything but. I have suffered from Lumbar Spinal Stenosis since 2022. I have gone from using a cane - to - a walker - to a wheelchair. I have every rotten problem that goes along with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Sometimes I am depressed - sometimes I am angry - sometimes I am bitter. But…
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How to boost your self-esteem when you're disabled
Hello everyone!Please help me, someone, share your experience. I have a slight disability and don't understand how to raise my self-esteem in this case and not be afraid to meet people.Although I am outwardly pleased and pretty, this disease kills all confidence in me. :( I will be very grateful if someone answers me!
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Sex when both are wheelchair bound
Hi I've spoke about this before but it's really becoming an issue. Spoke to his care agency apparently they view as abuse! Eventhough everything i read says they should help. My p.a's are related to me or close friends. Is there anywhere I turn for help and advise
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Advice on dating or making friends as a disabled person in the UK?
Hi everyone, I'm new here and based in London. I have [your disability if you want to share, e.g., cerebral palsy / mobility issues / etc.], and I've found it really hard to meet people for friendship or dating. Mainstream apps feel tricky because of judgments or accessibility stuff. Has anyone had success with online…
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Autism in young girls question
Hi there, I am gathering some research for a children's picture book following a little girl who is on the Autism spectrum who loses her favourite wellies that she wears all day, every day. When she discovers they are missing, it is put to her that she may have to wear some different shoes, which creates a very stressful…
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Isolation as a disabled person
It's hard to feel connected when I'm pretty much housebound. I'm hoping joining the scope community can change this
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Hi, I'm new! Anyone formed any friendships here?
Curious what the scope community is like and if people have formed friendships here :) I struggle with isolation as a disabled person. Very curious
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Is it acceptable to return PIP2 with attached typed responses?
I’m preparing to return a PIP2 form and want to check whether this format is likely to be accepted. I plan to send back the original paper PIP2 form, signed and dated. In the answer boxes I would write “Please see attached typed response.” I would attach a typed response document which follows the same question order and…
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First christmas alone research
A week before Christmas, I become a researcher again. Not the neat, academic kind with clean questions and manageable variables. The kind you become when your life turns into an experiment you didn’t consent to and your only tool is attention. I study my own days the way a historian studies a crumbling archive: carefully,…
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NEW RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PLEASE FORGIVE THE CAPS FOR I HAVE VISION LOSS. I AM A DISABLED FOUNDER WORKING ON NEW IDEAS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF ALL AGES. PARENTS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED. OUR LOCAL HEROES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. I RECENTLY HEARD THAT AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO…
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Breaking the sex taboo: Andrew Gurza
As it is Pride Month, I wanted to highlight a trailblazer in the cerebral palsy community. I have known about Andrew Gurza since my second year of university. I was writing an essay about sexuality and disability. That is when I found #DisabledPeopleAreHot. Gurza created it. I have been a fan ever since. I have mentioned…
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Medical scissors and air travel.
How do I carry medical scissors or similar items on long plane trips? While they're prohibited by law, they're essential, for example, for treating non-healing ulcers. Is there a solution? Liquid medications, for example, are permitted, as are injection needles.
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Confused about PIP Activity 11 and familiar journeys
Hi, I'm preparing for a PIP tribunal, and I'm confused about Activity 11. I rarely go out alone. Most of my journeys are with my mum or another trusted person. I might do a short local journey alone around 2-3 times a month, but usually only because I feel I have to. The DWP seemed to focus on the fact that I can…
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Hi, my name is btondisabled!
Just wanted to say hi as I need all the help and advice I can get! Thanks in advance 🌞
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Are there any "disability confident" employers who actually MEAN It?
Above. Most employers trot out the line on the ads, but IMO the majority of them don't mean it, it's just a voluntary aspect of the Equality Act 2010. It just enrages me that every time I apply for a job, as soon as I declare, especially the Autism, BOOM! Rejected. {Removed by moderator} especially anyone who's unfortunate…
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Newport woman with epilepsy has had 300 job rejections
Since being diagnosed with epilepsy at 13 years old, Sophie Morgan has tried everything to have a "normal" life, from invasive brain surgery to various medications. Now age 28 and despite having graduated from University with an undergraduate and masters degree, Sophie has received hundreds of job rejections. She is open…
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I started dating again after becoming physically disabled. Here are my stories
Trigger warning - ableism Source from Irish Times Writer: Sacha Dekker Common denominator in these encounters is a fundamental assumption: disability diminishes desire, desirability, or both. Let’s be very clear about something before I get into this: disabled people have sex. I know, shocking. You’re welcome to take a…
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Pride Cymru 1999-2026
Where it began. In the summer of 2024 celebrated 25 years of pride in Wales. The first Cardiff Mardi Gras was held in 1999, after South Wales Police noted a surge in hate crimes towards the LGBTQ+ community. Working with Safer Cardiff, the first ever Cardiff Mardi Gras was held and attended by 5-6000 people. With the…
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Morrisons launches new 10 per cent discount for millions of shoppers
Morrisons has announced it will be offering millions of Brits discounts worth up to £550 a year through a new money-saving scheme. The supermarket giant will offer 10 per cent discounts to disabled customers who spend more than £25 on their groceries online. This new offer is the result of a new partnership between…
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Starmer shelves benefit overhaul for at least a year
https://archive.is/20260128193957/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-welfare-system-wont-overhaul-another-year-fr57fhhmm Sir Keir Starmer has vetoed plans for a fresh attempt to reform Britain’s welfare system as Downing Street seeks to avoid another confrontation with Labour MPs.The Department of…
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Autism and casual sex?
Why are they so different when it comes to casual sex? Also when they disclose they are autistic to their sexual partner, they block and ghost them. How come? Why is it troublesome for someone autistic to have causal sex? How are they able to have sex if they are shunned from having casual sex?
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Hi, my name is chrissie44!
hello I’m 58, and suffer with lipodema & Lymphodema. Use a wheelchair a lot of the time but can use crutches at times.