In the wake of the verdict against Timothy Crook, I must ask: Was he guilty? Did he act alone?
I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that if help from the appropriate authority is requested and denied,that authority should be accountable. Timothy did not need to be guilty.
“From what we do know from the evidence from the case and the documents, it appears to me that the appropriate authorities should stand back, look at this case to see whether something did go…
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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which they were created" (Albert Einstein)
This is a true story - but names have been changed.
Born in Hong Kong to Scottish parents in 1946, Peter was destined never to see his father, who died in combat in the final stages of World War. The next disaster to occur was that he contracted polio before he was a year old. His widowed mother returned to Scotland, to give her…
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We will be at Naidex South this week, please come and say hello. I will be on the DisabledGear.com stand C33 helping Guy and selling many trabasacks!
Here is our press release:
This year Trabasack, the innovative wheelchair lap tray and bag can be found exhibiting and promoting their products at Naidex South International Trade show at the London Excel Centre. Wednesday 19th Oct:10.00am -…
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icook is a cooking aid for young adults (16-25) with mild to moderate learning difficulties that encourages them to prepare healthy meals independently. Cooking is a life skills; without this skill people with learning difficulties can rely heavily on carers for support.
The product breaks the process of cooking into very simple stages that support the user throughout the whole experience of cooking a meal, from preparing the ingredients, to washing the dishes. icook…
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Recently, I was told of a disabled man in an electric wheelchair in Edinburgh. While out shopping, he was accosted by two twelve-year-old boys, who switched off the power to his chair and pushed him in front of the traffic in a busy street. I was astonished and horrified.
As a drama, however, it makes the point.
It encapsulates how people with disabilities are treated day and daily throughout society. Their motivation is…
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The elderly man stood up and began to read from his notes. He told a roomful of people that he had been diagnosed with early onset dementia ten years ago.
He related the havoc the initial…
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The good news is that we're now living longer than ever before. But it also means there are more of us living with health problems, one of the most rapidly increasing of which is dementia.
There are already over 750,000 people in the UK with dementia, a number that’s…
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Hot news from our favourite US charity The Ablegamers Foundation, they have a teamed up with the awesome Evil Controllers to launch a brand new controller at the annual…
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Trabasack’s reputation is growing and as more and more are sold, the reviews are coming in thick and fast and spreading across the blogosphere. One such review is Kate Ahern who blogs at Teaching Learners with Multiple Special…
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Knorks are hardwearing stainless steel
Have you heard of knorks? Up until recently I hadn’t but in fact it’s a piece of cutlery that’s existed for over two hundred years! Famous users included Horatio…
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We select a few communication apps for the iPad below. There are plenty of iPad apps out there designed for children and adults with disabilities and some of them are absolutely fantastic and can really change the quality of life for their users. Here is a compilation of some of the apps currently on the market:…
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On YouTube you’ll find a video from Dr. Mark Edworthy who was one of our first customers to buy the Trabasack back in 2009. In this video Mark discusses exactly how useful his Trabasack has been and exactly why he “would be lost without it”.…
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http://https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/00ebe749-8424-4258-9cf2-eb4a4b9d901dIN THE BEGINNING
Shand was feeling bored.…
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