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My Disability Inability To Accept Offers of Cordiality
My name is Gareth and I am terrible at asking for help from strangers. I haven’t always been this way however, this little aversion being a definite mental side effect of my injury. I’m not sure what exactly it’s rooted in...
My Work Experience at Active Hands
My name is Sam Loveridge, I’m 17 and I’m attending Heart of Worcestershire college. I love sports, the majority of them anyway, especially football as I play weekly for the Solihull Moors Cerebral Palsy team – it is really good and it keeps me fit and active. I also watch my brother play regularly. At ... Read more
Achieving Independence with the Small Item Gripping Aid
Towards the end of last year we were thrilled to announce the launch of the Small Item gripping aid; a versatile and simple solution for gripping small items such as toothbrushes, pens, art equipment, make up brushes and much more. Simply fasten whatever item you wish into the plastic clamp on the palm pad, pop ... Read more
Putting The “Aid” In Homemade
Bedbaths & Beyond So here we are: 2019 and 14 years down the spinal cord injury line. Where does the time go?! It feels like only yesterday when I was lying helplessly in my bed in HDU, being rolled from side to side as the nurses bed bathed me and I wondered to myself why ... Read more
Asking Your Questions: Is Goal Setting Important?
We asked you is goal setting important? - Alex Turley got in touch to share her throughts on the matter and how it helps her to achieve.
Asking Your Questions: How can I get involved in sport/ exercise with a disability?
Time for the penultimate article of our Asking Your Questions series on getting involved in sport! If you’ve been hibernating for the last few months you can check out the first six on our news page! Time for Question #7… How can I get involved in sport/ exercise with a disability? You guys are clearly ... Read more
Asking Your Questions: Where can I exercise with a disability?
We’re still going strong with our Asking Your Questions series – this time the topic is exercise with a disability. You can check out the first five on our news page! Time for Question #6… Where can I exercise with a disability? Once again we were overwhelmed with responses – here are just a few! ... Read more
Winter #LifeHacks
As the days get shorter and colder, we’re all looking for ways to make our lives simpler. Here at Active Hands we’ve scoured through ‘lifehacks’ for poor hand function and now we can proudly say we stock more than 25 of the best products we’ve come across, as well as our own brilliant gripping aids. ... Read more
Asking Your Questions: Does exercise affect mental well-being?
We’re still going strong with our Asking Your Questions series. You can check out the first four on our news page! Time for Question #5… Does exercise affect mental well-being? We had an overwhelming number of responses to this one! You guys clearly value exercise a lot – and our products can certainly help ... Read more
Asking your Questions: What does independence mean to you?
We’re still going strong with our Asking Your Questions series. If you’ve missed the first few why not check them out? We’ve asked: ‘Why is rehab/ exercise important after injury?’, ‘When should rehab begin after stroke?’ And ‘What does sport mean to you?’ As we dive headfirst into the Christmas shopping season, with back-to-gym January ... Read more