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One more thing.....
 Carrie - Ann Fleming talks us through the ups and downs of disabled travelling,
with a few tips thrown in...
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Smart fourtwo Passion
 Mobilise reader Fran Sparke takes us on a trip around London in the new Smart fourtwo Passion, with mixed results.
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“Feel the wind in your hair again...”
 This could be the tag line for Martin Conquest. Through designing and developing a trike that allows wheelchair users to get back to motorcycling, this company is bringing back a sense of independence to disabled people. Sophie Douglas visited the company to find out more.
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Marvellous Motorhomes
 Motorhoming is becoming more and more popular amongst the masses, and disabled people are taking part in the phenomenon with a vengeance.
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Car Review - Vauxhall Zafira
 Sophie Douglas visits an old favourite, the Vauxhall Zafira |
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Set Sail for Adventure
 If you are fed up with the dark and cold winter nights a solution is at hand. With the Jubilee Sailing Trust getting away on a sun-drenched sailing adventure has never been easier. You can experience the idyllic Canary or Caribbean islands aboard the only two fully accessible tall ships in the world.
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Creature Discomforts
 A new advertising campaign has been launched with the intention of changing attitudes towards disability. Leonard Cheshire Disability have worked with the team behind Wallace and Gromit to create ‘Creature Discomforts.` |
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Campaign News
 Helen Smith keeps you up-to date with our campaign work
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Brig-Ayd Controls
 Hand controls are vital to so many of our members;
Sophie Douglas visited Brig-Ayd Controls to learn more about the history of this inspirational company.
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Car Review-Ford Focus C-MAX
 Sophie Douglas takes the C-MAX out for a pootle to see how it handles. |
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Winter Getaways
 Winter seems to be well and truly entrenched now we`re into December in the UK, so no wonder many of us are thinking about booking a last-minute holiday for the winter. Here we bring you a selection of locations, varying from Christmas shopping, snowy wonderlands, to a bit of winter sunshine. |
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Religion, but not as we know it!
Jim Rawlings discovers that revivalism is alive and well at Goodwood |
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WheelieChix-Chic
 During the capital`s famous London fashion week, WheelieChix-Chic launched their first collection. With inspiration taken from elaborate Kimonos and 50s film stars the clothes were truly stunning and most importantly they were designed with wheelchair users and disabled people in mind. Helen Smith went to the launch at The Playroom in the West End to see the show. |
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New Rules for Blue Badge Holders
 Helen Smith has been finding out what the new changes are and what they`ll mean for disabled motorists. |
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Car Quest
 Buying a new car is never an easy thing to do. Mobilise member Jerry Wilson tells of his experiences.
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One more thing…
 Every month a guest columnist tackles some key issues facing the disabled community, this month, Ros Mulholland-Gullick tells how she regained her independence and self-respect by taking to the water…
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The Spirit Lives On
 This year Brooklands motor racing circuit is celebrating its centenary. In this, the second part of Jim Rawlings history of the circuit, we explore the exciting racing that took place on the track.
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Baywatch Results
 In late July members of Mobilise, the British Polio Fellowship and readers of Disability Now magazine took part in the fifth Baywatch survey looking at the abuse of accessible
parking bays. The results are depressing. Of more than 10,000 bays surveyed by more than 500 people, nearly all of them in supermarket carparks, more than 2,000 were occupied by a car not displaying a blue badge.
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