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Mobility
Scooters & powered wheelchairs
Mobility scooters
Choosing a mobility scooter
Class and size
Controls - overview
Controls - starting and stopping
Seating and stability
Batteries and range
Travelling with a scooter
Safety and insurance
Buying advice
Finance
Checklist
Using our scooter search
Useful contacts
Powered wheelchairs
Paying for a powerchair
NHS Wheelchair Services
People in work
Charity funding
Children
Motability
Charities that help to get powerchairs
Getting assessed
Your needs
Training
Which powered wheelchair?
Where to get a powered wheelchair
Suppliers
Useful organisations
Real lives
Types and features
Seating systems
Frames and drive systems
Powerpacks and batteries
Control units and displays
Find a scooter or powered wheelchair
Advanced search
Motoring
Car search
Advanced search
Cars for families of disabled children
Choosing a family car
Getting in and out
Car seats and harnesses
Children with learning disabilities
Medical needs
Equipment
Choosing a car
Making it easier to get in and out
Seats and seating
Controls
Accessories
Loading and stowing
Wheelchair users
Checklist
Getting into and out of a car
Techniques
Simple accessories
Swivel seats
Hoists
Wheelchair systems
Car controls
Your abilities
Choosing the right car
Getting the right car controls
Steering
Hand controls
Under-ring or over-ring accelerators
Changing gear
Left-foot accelerators
Parking brake
Pedal extensions
Secondary controls
Custom-built controls
Safety
Wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs)
Choosing a WAV
Regulations and standards
Passenger WAVs
Driver WAVs
Side or rear entry
Ramps or lifts
WAV sizes
Wheelchairs for WAVs
How to get a WAV
Getting a wheelchair into a car
Ramps
Hoists and lifts
Products
Boot hoist user tests
Stowage systems
Racks, trailers and bags
Choosing and fitting
Safety
Motoring with particular disabilities
Motoring after an amputation
Car controls
Motoring with arthritis
Motoring after a brain injury
Motoring with cerebral palsy
Motoring with multiple sclerosis
Motoring with restricted growth
Car controls
Motoring after a stroke
Older drivers
Health and wellbeing
The law on driving and age
Safe driving
Alternatives to driving
Useful organisations - older drivers
In-car safety technology
Car tech to help older and disabled motorists
Safety technologies in popular cars
The law & motoring
Finance
Useful organisations
Public transport
Blind or partially sighted travellers
Buses
Scooters on buses
Community transport
Coaches
Taxis
Trains
Trams & light railways
Planes
Ferries
Transport in London
Safety for wheelchair users
Your legal rights
Walking aids
Sticks and crutches
Frames and trolleys
Wheeled walking frames
Features
Test reports
Etac Avant
Etac Ono
Etac Salsa
Etac Tango
Homecraft Bariatric Rollator
Homecraft Space Saver
Rebotec Polo
Uniscan Cadet
Uniscan Glider Plus
Volaris S3
Volaris S7
Z-Tec Ergo Plus Duo
Z-Tec Topro Troja
Days Adjustable Three-Wheeler
Homecraft Three-Wheeled Rollator
Liberty Triwalker
Uniscan Triumph
Uniscan Triumph Plus
Getting a walking frame
Suppliers
Travel insurance
PDFs & printed guides
Home & technology
Bathing
Cost - new bath or shower?
Bath boards
User tests
Bath seats
User tests
Bath lifts and hoists
Accessories
Toilets and basins
Who can help?
Cookers, ovens, hobs and microwaves
Types of cooking appliances
What would make cooking easier for you?
Questions to ask yourself
Cooking appliances pros and cons
Design features worth looking for
Design features to avoid
Design features checklist
Where and how to buy cooking appliances
Lighting, devices and kitchen accessories
Design advice and installation of appliances
Useful resources
Research findings
Central heating controls
Getting heating controls
Product tests (2014)
Programmers
TRVs
Room thermostats
Programmable thermostats
Online programmable thermostat
Product tests (2004)
Mechanical programmers
Digital programmers
TRVs
Room thermostats
Programmable thermostats
Checklist
Useful resources
Saving energy
Help paying for improvements
Help with energy bills
Priority services registers
Smart meters
Energy-saving light bulbs
Light bulb choices
Qualities of light
Lighting your home
Things to consider
Prices and savings
Best bulbs on test
Light bulb FAQs
Help with seeing and gripping
Digital TV
Digital TV options
Accessibility services
Choosing your kit
Indoor aerials
Test reports
Antiference Silver Sensor SS100
Mercury Magic Wand ST14
Nikkai A25CX (Maplin branded)
One For All SV 9021
One For All SV 9141
One For All SV 9215
One For All SV 9320
One For All SV 9325
One For All SV 9365
One For All SV 9380
Philex VHF/UHF 27747D/01
Philex SLx 27768R
Philex SLx Gold 27769R
Philex SLx Designer 'Bridge' 27772R
Telecam TCE2000
Telecam TCE2001
Tuning your aerial
Set-top boxes
Digital TV recorders
Digital TVs
TV remote controls
Test reports
One For All URC 6210
Doro HandleEasy 321rc
Retuning and updating
Reception problems
Jargon buster
Digital radios
Recommended digital radios
Features
Tuning in
Performance
Test reports
Bush Espresso DAB Radio DAB-042
Dualit DAB Kitchen Radio DKR-1
MagicBox Parabola
Panasonic RF-D5
Philips AE4800/05
Proline DAB403
Pure Evoke-1S
Pure One
Pure One mi
Roberts Classic DAB
Roberts Eco Logic 7
Roberts Expression
Roberts RD-8BW Duet 2
Roberts RD-59 Gemini 59
Roberts Sound 66
Sandstrom SRDAB10
Sony XDR-S16DBP
Sony XDR-S55DAB
Teac R-3
Methodology
Help with money
Stairlifts
Types of stairlift
Choosing a stairlift
Costs
Getting further help
Manufacturers and suppliers
Checklist
Riser recliner chairs
Chairs and sitting
Why a riser recliner?
Features
How to get one
Suppliers
AJ Way
Camelot Furniture
Celebrity
Electric Mobility Euro
Kirton Healthcare
Primacare
Rise and Recline
Royams
Sherborne
Theraposture
Wilcare Wales
Home appliances
Irons
Kettles
Microwaves
Toasters
Tumble dryers
Vacuum cleaners
Washing machines
Community alarms
Things to consider
Who will receive your calls?
Getting an alarm
Using an alarm
Checklist
Test reports
Homelink Extra II
IntelliLink
Pill dispensers
Memory aids
What you need to know
Test reports
Telecare
Getting further help
Suppliers
PDFs & printed guides
Research & consultancy
Consumer audit
Consumer panel
Customer experience
Product development
Inclusive design
Inclusive design resources 2016
Personal stories
Promoting inclusive design
Packaging
Research reports
Research Exchange
Research Exchange 2016
Powered wheelchair user survey report 2014
Petrol stations
In-car safety technologies
Mobility scooter research
Car boot hoist user testing
Mobile phones - ease of use
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