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Challenges of using the bus as an older person

The UK public transport system is generally considered to be safe. However, annually around 6,000 people are reported to be…

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Supporting a design driven approach to social inclusion and accessibility in transport

This paper presents research into the area of public transport and accessibility, addressing the support of practitioners in achieving socially…

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Development of a mobility scooter finite element model

Mobility scooters (MSs) of different makes are now widely used in the UK as means of primarily providing manageable transport…

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Motives, perceptions and experiences of electric bicycle owners and implications for health, wellbeing and mobility

The sale of electrically assisted bicycles ('e-bikes') is growing at a rapid rate across Europe. Whereas market data is available…

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Citizenship and the embodied practice of wheelchair use

Citizenship has been associated with members of a community that engage in paid work (Painter and Philo, 1995; Desforges et…

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Age and the 20-min city: Accounting for variation in mobility

The political popularity of the 20-min city is a result of its perceived equal treatment of all citizens, yet the…

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An exploratory study of the experiences of wheelchair users as aircraft passengers – implications for policy and practice

Air travel has grown steadily in the region of 5-6% every year since 1970 meaning that in the UK alone,…

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Access, delivery and perceived efficacy of physiotherapy and use of complementary and alternative therapies by people with progressive multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom: An online survey

All people with progressive MS in the United Kingdom should have access to physiotherapy through the National Health Service (NHS).…

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Attitudes towards autonomous vehicles among people with physical disabilities

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a technological revolution in the transportation sphere. The efficient and orderly introduction of AVs will require…

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The shops were only made for people who could walk’: impairment, barriers and autonomy in the mobility of adults with Cerebral Palsy in urban England

Based on research carried out with a group of adults with Cerebral Palsy in Birmingham, UK, we consider the complex…

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