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by Monica McGowan Hughes, service coordinator with Irish Wheelchair Association, Athlone.

As a parent or a sibling, sometimes it is hard to find the balance between encouragement and pressure when we are trying to get our loved ones to think about the future and where they will live as they get older.

St Hilda’s Special School in Athlone has recently secured the installation of a new wheelchair swing for its pupils, thanks to the generosity of local businesses and people.

An interactive workshop for wheelchair users, which was held in Galway recently, will provide the HSE West with important feedback, according to the health authority.

The playground in the new town park in Castlebar will come up for debate at next months meeting of Castlebar Town Council, with councillor Harry Barrett alleging that the playground was not up to standard in providing facilities for wheelchair users. Cllr Barrett said this week that he would be putting forward a motion to the meeting to see the level of wheelchair accessible facilities improved, even though some of his council colleagues and the council management believe the playground conforms to the needs of all users.

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.

What is Galway city like for the wheelchair user? Is it easy to get around? Is there enough disabled access in our public buildings? What is daily life like for those with wheelchairs?

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.

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.