Pointing in the Right Direction

How often do you hear people say "If only I'd known that earlier, things would have been so much better!"

Well, it is impossible for ordinary people to read all the leaflets and keep up to date with all the useful websites, but there is a group in Cambridge who make it their job to do so, with the aim of helping disabled people and their carers.

Directions Plus are based near the Cambridge Science Park, and the team of professional advisors and volunteer helpers have helped a lot of people over the years.

Gerri Bird of Directions Plus was nominated for TW2B in 2006 by a grateful couple whom she has helped to get benefits to which they were entitled.

Only 125,000

Having heard a little about disabled people buying expensive, but adapted vehicles and selling them on at a profit I found this interesting BBC page about 1978. It claim there were only 125,000 disabled people in Britain, now the government estimate is nearer 10 million. This means the definition of who the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) applies to has increased over time.

http://tinyurl.com/yqjb2b

Other Awards

Its always good to see people you vaguely know or even know win awards. This linked article about Cambridge man Martin Sabry, shows another award for technology to help disabled people. It is this type of technology that we hope gets recommended for The Way To Be Awards.



I don't know Martin, but I know his mother.


http://tinyurl.com/2fy2gm