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Matt Lloyd talks to Sally Roe about inline sledge hockey. An offshoot from the popular winter sport, it’s now a year-round sport for both disabled and non-disabled athletes.

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With no specialist equipment necessary, sitting volleyball is the inclusive sport that anyone can enjoy. Sally Roe talks to Helen Sole, a member of the first ever GB women’s sitting volleyball team.

What was it about sitting volleyball that made you think “That’s the sport for me!”?

My route into sitting volleyball was actually pretty lucky. I started off in swimming, and I was asked by Kent County Council to become one of their Disability Officers. It was at a meeting there that I met Tom Middleton who told me that I was an ideal candidate for sitting volleyball – I’m a double leg amputee, caused by a congenital condition. He asked me to come along to an open day event organised by Volleyball England. I went along and really enjoyed it – and now I’m competing internationally! Continue reading »

When his mental and physical health deteriorated leaving Daniel Anderson-McIntyre disabled, he encountered some very different attitudes among employers. Not all were positive. He tells Mobilise his story.

In 2006, at the age of 29, I became disabled.  This wasn’t just an overnight thing but was gradual over several months and I believe, looking back, had been going on for a number of years beforehand.

My disability consists of a mental illness, known as Conversion Disorder, which causes me several physical and mental disabilities.  I have difficulty for example with walking, often using my wheelchair or crutches to get around.  Among the more “invisible” problems are my poor memory and lack of ability to concentrate for long periods of time. Continue reading »

In this article from 2008, Sally Roe reported on the disabled motorists competing in the first UK karting championship using hand controls.

The Disabled Karting Championship team

Recently Helen and I were invited by Mobilise member Kumar Moorthy to attend the ‘Disabled Karting Championship’ at Cannon Raceway in Birmingham, to have a go on the adapted karts and to meet some of the drivers and organisers working to make this fantastic sport accessible to all.

Kumar is the brains behind the Disabled Karting Championship, and in 2006 he persuaded Keith Jauncy, the owner of Cannon Raceway, to pay for ten of his karts to be converted into hand controls. Since karts have no gears, the controls consist of a fairly rugged push-pull accelerator / brake lever, which leaves the other hand free to steer the kart. Continue reading »