ableMove is part of Global Action Group to Improve Handling of Mobility Aids
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of a global Mobility Aids Action Group to examine and improve the transport journey of mobility aids, including wheelchairs, with the objective of improving the handling of this vital equipment for travellers with disabilities. The Action Group will be the [...]
Paralympian Claire Taggart Guest Blogs for ableMove
Claire Taggart, Paralympic Boccia sportswoman has found time in her demanding schedule to write a guest blog for us! It has been announced this week that Claire has been chosen to represent Team GB at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and will be heading off to Japan very soon. Claire [...]
Parallel tackles disability inclusion
We interviewed Andrew Douglass Founder of Parallel, ahead of the Windsor Virtual, taking place on Sunday 27th June 2021, and discussed how this national celebration of disability inclusion is shaping up to become one of the most important mass participation events in the calendar. Andrew founded Parallel in 2015 as [...]
Air travel for wheelchair users
Improving the future of air travel for wheelchair users and broader accessibility and inclusion with Kate Hardwick. Air travel for wheelchair users and those with wider accessibility requirements is a constant hot topic and very important to us at ableMove and graduate, Kate Hardwick. Kate is an extremely bright young [...]
The importance of hydration for wheelchair users
The importance of hydration for wheelchair users and what good hydration looks like Hydration issues as a wheelchair user is something Josh Wintersgill, Founder of ableMove Ltd has struggled with all his life, but most noticeably since he became a full time wheelchair user at the age of 10. His [...]
Powerchair football – improving greater access through a new partnership with G5 Sport Services
Powerchair football King and England captain, Chris Gordon discusses new partnership between G5 Sports Services and ableMove! Powerchair football is a widely accessible and inclusive sport. ableMove UK and G5 Sports Services are pleased to today announce the launch of a new partnership that will see the two businesses working [...]
Josh Wintersgill who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy shares his reaction to one of fifty photographs, in a unique, new online exhibition
Reflections in Colour, launched on 10 May 2021, is a series of pictures born of the friendship between a businessman and a successful cinematographer Josh Wintersgill, 27, from Wells, has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) He is one of 50 people with different muscle-wasting conditions who are featured in the exhibition [...]
As ableMove rebrands, now is a good time to get to know us a bit better!
You may be here because you were looking for easyTravelseat™ and now are wondering if you are in the right place or not. Rest assured, you are exactly where you need to be. Rebranding For us here at ableMove, the last 12 months have been anything but quiet. We have [...]
The importance of moving and handling for wheelchair users when flying
Meet the woman who has been working tirelessly over the past 12 months behind the scenes at many UK airports to revolutionise how passengers in wheelchairs are lifted and transferred. We spent an afternoon with Alison Meadows, Registered Nurse and Manual Handling Trainer and Founder of AMTD - Alison Meadows [...]
A return to travel for wheelchair users – things to think about
A return to travel for wheelchair users - It's been a long year and most of us haven't been able to travel internationally for quite some time now. Exactly how and when travel is going to open up again is still largely unknown and we strongly suspect it won't [...]
Five common fears wheelchair users face transferring onto aircraft
Five common fears wheelchair users face transferring onto aircraft We spend a lot of time listening to our customers and their fears when transferring onto an aircraft. As well as the concerns from occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals when they assess peoples fitness to fly. We thought it [...]
Wheelchair Users Have their say on Flying Experiences
We have now released the findings of our survey on air travel for wheelchair users. In collaboration with Flying Disabled, ableMove asked 336 wheelchair (powered and manual) users from across the globe about their experiences in aviation so we can keep driving forward positive changes across the industry for all [...]
The Future of Aviation for Disabled Passengers Globally Post Pandemic
With this week’s relaxation of the travel rules for the UK, we wanted to understand what global travel now looks [...]
ableMove at Naidex 2021
The whole ableMove team have arrived back safely from Naidex 2021, exhausted but exhilarated. What an incredible week for everyone [...]
ableMove featured on reviewmobility blog
Reviewmobility is the UK’s first mobility review platform allowing customers to leave their reviews on their experience with a mobility company so [...]
Paralympic shooter Ryan Cockbill tells us the benefits of using the ableSling as a disabled athlete
Ryan Cockbill is a British Paralympic shooter who has competed in two Paralympics and is right now on his way [...]
5 top tips when flying as a wheelchair user
Flying as a wheelchair user can often feel like an overwhelming and very daunting experience - even for those with [...]
ableMove’s Josh Wintersgill Joins Permobil Advisory Board
We are delighted to announce that our ableMove Founder, Josh Wintersgill, has recently been selected to join the Permobil new [...]
Meet our Original ableMove Ambassador!
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
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
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 at Naidex 2021
The whole ableMove team have arrived back safely from Naidex 2021, exhausted but exhilarated. What an incredible week for everyone involved. With uncertainty around Covid, no one was sure what to expect from this year’s key disability event but the whole team agrees that it was a great success. It [...]