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A city councillor has called on the council to carry out an access audit in the Knocknacarra area as soon as possible so that funding could be made available to alleviate the problems being faced daily by wheelchair users, as well as parents with prams and buggies.

The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) works with people with physical disabilities including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, amputation, muscular dystrophy, stroke victims, and other conditions which limit mobility. Mayo Services include day services, respite services, accessible transport, accessible driving school and the assisted living service (ALS).

Everybody no matter what age has some non-motorised wheels, so why not get out your wheels and get together with your family and friends and join in the fun by Making Tracks for the Irish Wheelchair Association.

Saturday December 3 was the UN International Day of Persons with Disability. We marked it in Galway by holding what we called a ‘Speakout,’ at one o’clock outside Brown Thomas’s, where the Christmas shopping crowds were thickest. Ten of us, men and women in wheelchairs, all ages from late twenties to over eighty, spoke in turn about the need to combat our social exclusion in the city, letting the public know the everyday obstacles we face to our mobility and ease of access.

The makers of a documentary on wheelchair access in Galway city are seeking wheelchair users, carers and organisations.

A Galway-based wheelchair basketball team has been shortlisted for a share of the €125,000 Coca-Cola 125 Years Thank You Fund.

www.wheelchaircarsireland.com are bringing their wheelchair accessible road show to Kilkenny where the show will include a selection of new and used wheelchair accessible cars for both disabled passengers and disabled drivers in the one venue.

A popular ‘Wheelchair Accessible Car Show’ with a large selection of vehicles for both disabled passengers and disabled drivers will be held in Kilkenny this weekend.

Wheelchair Cars Ireland is bringing motoring exhibitions around Ireland offering people the opportunity to view and test drive a large selection of wheelchair accessible vehicles for both disabled drivers and disabled passengers.