Aberdeen firm unveils wheelchair-friendly cars
AN Aberdeen-based car club today launched the UK’s first wheelchair adapted vehicle for street hires by the public.
The new service, launched by Aberdeen’s Co-Wheels car club, will provide a car, accessible to wheelchair users, that can be hired by their carers or family on a pay-as-you-go basis.
A club spokeswoman explained: “The new service will remove the need to own such a vehicle for what maybe infrequent use. Many elderly people confined to wheelchairs are unable to get out from their care homes simply because they and their family do not have access to such a vehicle.
Norwich disabled man’s battle for home after leaving hospital
Wheelchair-bound man has spent five weeks sleeping on his father’s sofa
Tom Bristow tom.bristow@archant.co.uk
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
6:36 AM
A lack of flatwheelchair-bound man has spent five weeks sleeping on his father’s sofas for disabled people in Norwich has meant a wheelchair-bound man has spent five weeks sleeping on his father’s sofa, despite being in the “emergency” band for a council house.
Simon Kindleysides, 29, left the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in a wheelchair five weeks ago expecting to be placed in a ground floor flat adapted for disabled people.
