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Air Travel with Mobility Aids that have Lithium Batteries

September 24, 2024|Latest, Resources, Travel|

This tool helps you quickly calculate the watt-hour (Wh) rating of lithium-ion batteries used in mobility aids, such as electric wheelchairs and scooters. Airlines will require you to contact them at least 48 hours before travel, or at the time of booking, to seek approval for carriage of such [...]

ableMove Founder to race highest mountain in Wales to raise £100K

January 18, 2024|Events, News, Research|

30-year-old entrepreneur Josh Wintersgill and 18 year old business management student, Maxwell McKnight who both have Spinal Muscular Atrophy, will race each other up Mount Snowdon (or Yr Wyddfa in Welsh) on Saturday 15 June to raise £100K for SMA UK. The #KnowNoBounds mission is to raise awareness of [...]

What’s been happening in air travel for wheelchair users

October 23, 2023|Events, News, Research|

Latest news in air travel for wheelchair users: After agreements with the US DoT, United Airlines announced a new filter that will tell wheelchair users whether their wheelchair will fit the aircraft's hold depending on their travel route. This tool aims to reduce people having to call to ask [...]

There is a wealth of talent in disabled entrepreneurs – if only we can harness it

December 3, 2021|News, Research, Resources|

If you want to invest in someone with resilience, ingenuity and the ability to adapt to change, find an entrepreneur with disabilities. We are just as  passionate about a great business idea as the next start-up founder. But having a physical or hidden disability , like I do, adds a [...]

Kidz To Adultz North – ableDry’s Talk of the Show

November 23, 2021|Events, News, Resources|

Just back from an incredibly busy Kidz to Adultz North exhibition in Liverpool, the ableMove team are back at it, busier than ever and ready gearing up for what is looking like an even busier 2022, as the ableMove range of products proved to be a huge hit at last [...]

Meet our Original ableMove Ambassador!

November 9, 2021|News, Resources, Travel|

Manon Van Den Hueval is an ableMove ambassador, based in The Netherlands and has been using ableMove products since Josh founded the company in 2018. Manon is an influential and well-known travel blogger and influencer. Every ableMove product has a personal story behind it, and Manon has been an important [...]

Contradictions in Ground Crew Handling of Wheelchairs Highlighted on Recent ableMove Trip

October 26, 2021|News, Research, Resources, Travel|

ableMove Founder Josh Wintersgill recently flew to Tenerife from Bristol airport. The contradictions in Josh’s experience at both airports were stark and highlight a broader problem across the entire aviation industry in the lack of global standardisation for wheelchair users, specifically when in comes to the handling of wheelchairs by [...]

The Future of Aviation for Disabled Passengers Globally Post Pandemic

October 5, 2021|News, Research, Resources, Travel|

With this week’s relaxation of the travel rules for the UK, we wanted to understand what global travel now looks like for disabled passengers specifically. Flying as a wheelchair user, even before Covid, was a process full of obstacles, and ableMove Founder, Josh Wintersgill sits on domestic and global level [...]

ableMove featured on reviewmobility blog

September 3, 2021|Resources|

Reviewmobility is the UK’s first mobility review platform allowing customers to leave their reviews on their experience with a mobility company so that others can read their first-hand experience and make sure the products and services they buy are from good and reputable companies. We are delighted to have been featured on [...]

Paralympic shooter Ryan Cockbill tells us the benefits of using the ableSling as a disabled athlete

August 23, 2021|Events, News, Travel|

Ryan Cockbill is a British Paralympic shooter who has competed in two Paralympics and is right now on his way to Tokyo to compete at his third in the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Ryan is also the proud owner of the ableSling – a sit-in transfer sling for hoisting [...]

5 top tips when flying as a wheelchair user

July 24, 2021|News, Research, Resources, Travel|

Flying as a wheelchair user can often feel like an overwhelming and very daunting experience - even for those with more experience, navigating a post Covid world of flying is going to be a challenge. ableMove Founder, Josh Wintersgill, with 27 years of flying experience as a wheelchair user and [...]

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2409, 2024

Air Travel with Mobility Aids that have Lithium Batteries

September 24, 2024|Latest, Resources, Travel|

This tool helps you quickly calculate the watt-hour (Wh) rating of lithium-ion batteries used in mobility aids, such as electric wheelchairs and scooters. Airlines will require you to contact them at least 48 hours before travel, or at the time of booking, to seek approval for carriage of such [...]

1801, 2024

ableMove Founder to race highest mountain in Wales to raise £100K

January 18, 2024|Events, News, Research|

30-year-old entrepreneur Josh Wintersgill and 18 year old business management student, Maxwell McKnight who both have Spinal Muscular Atrophy, will race each other up Mount Snowdon (or Yr Wyddfa in Welsh) on Saturday 15 June to raise £100K for SMA UK. The #KnowNoBounds mission is to raise awareness of [...]

2310, 2023

What’s been happening in air travel for wheelchair users

October 23, 2023|Events, News, Research|

Latest news in air travel for wheelchair users: After agreements with the US DoT, United Airlines announced a new filter that will tell wheelchair users whether their wheelchair will fit the aircraft's hold depending on their travel route. This tool aims to reduce people having to call to ask [...]

312, 2021

There is a wealth of talent in disabled entrepreneurs – if only we can harness it

December 3, 2021|News, Research, Resources|

If you want to invest in someone with resilience, ingenuity and the ability to adapt to change, find an entrepreneur with disabilities. We are just as  passionate about a great business idea as the next start-up founder. But having a physical or hidden disability , like I do, adds a [...]

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