disability

Bathroom sign reading 'gender neutral toilet this bathroom is for everyone'

Disabled Facilities and The Dilution of Disabilities

The Rise of The Convenience Cubicle I, along with millions of others, recently spent the start of summer watching England claw their way through Euro 2024, only to fall at the final hurdle once again. I watched the final in my local pub which was packed to the rafters with fans going through the usual ... Read more

General Purpose aid in use at APEX NEURO

Finding lost hope: APEX NEURO

APEX NEURO is one of Europe’s leading neurorehabilitation clinics, specialising in Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Functional Neurological disorder. They are one of the few clinics in the world to achieve positive results for these conditions. The majority of their clients have neurodegenerative conditions (primarily MND or MS). Before starting with the team at ... Read more

Active Hands busy at the OT show exhibition in 2022

Come & see us in the Midlands

In March, we are out and about at exhibitions bringing our products for you to pick up and try out! Come & see us at Naidex and Kidz to Adultz Middle. Our helpful and cheerful team would love to meet you and show you our range for reduced hand function. Try out our newest products… ... Read more

Merry Christmas from Active Hands

Top 10 Gifts for Spinal Cord Injury

It’s that time of year again where we’re all starting to worry about what to buy our loved ones for Christmas… If someone you’re buying for has a Spinal Cord Injury why not have a look at our top 10 gifts for SCI! Doesn’t giving a friend or family member the gift of independence this ... Read more

Small Item Gripping aids in use

Top 10 Gadgets for Stroke Survivors

Below is a list of what we are calling our ‘Top 10’ gadgets for stroke survivors. This is a selection of what we think are the most useful products, designed to overcome obstacles caused by a stroke. Suffering a stroke can be both life-threatening and life-changing. The longer the brain is starved of oxygen, the ... Read more

All the disability aids you need to bake and decorate a cake

Active Hands are at the OT Show

We’re back at the OT show this year for the first time since 2019! Come see us at the NEC, Birmingham – hall 9 stand K40 – on the 23rd and 24th November. New Products and Old OT Show Favourites We’ve been busy searching for and developing new products and we’ll have all our favourites ... Read more

diagram showing a rotator cuff tear

An Impending Impediment To Independence

New Year, New Injury, New Questions As we all enter a brand new year, my 17th on wheels, I wanted to pose a question to my fellow “person’s of varying disabilities”, something that’s been on my mind more and more recently:  How have you dealt, or how do you plan to deal, with an eventual ... Read more

Hand Function

What do you find most frustrating due to your lack of hand function?

We asked our customers what they find most frustrating due to their lack of hand function - and then we looked for solutions.

The problem of masks and glasses is they steam up

Co-Existing With Covid

The New Norm…?  In my previous blog entry from April, which feels like a solid decade ago at this point, I confidently mused that by the time I got round to writing my next entry, all this Coronavirus nonsense would be “firmly in the rearview mirror”… …oh to be young and naive again!   Yes, I now find ... Read more

Diary of a Gimpy Kid post

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...

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