#accessibility - Shift.ms

Getting around can become more difficult for some people with multiple sclerosis. Shift.ms believe that MS doesn't mean giving up on your ambitions, just rethinking how to achieve them. Find out tips from other MSers who understand.

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@EmmanuelRippin

28 Mar 2025 02:47

Conquer the Infinite Descent: A Guide to Mastering Slope Game

Ever dreamt of hurtling down an endless, neon-drenched slope, dodging obstacles at breakneck speed? Welcome to the adrenaline-pumping world of Slope Game! This deceptively simple game has captured the hearts (and fractured the focus) of countless players. It's the ultimate test of reflexes, precisio...

@JaneH

8 Mar 2025 09:30

Accessibility?

In the last few years I get around with or on wheels due to MS disability, so I need to know about accessibility. And I don’t know if it’s just us dog loving Brits but I started to notice a strange phenomenon sometime last year when checking out accessibility of venues. Here’s my rant about it from ...

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@Peej

6 Feb 2025 19:30 EditedLast reply 9 Feb 2025 15:06

How to do this all alone?

I don't want to ramble on a lot like my last posts but they could be helpful to understand the basics. I'm in 7+/10 pain everyday, I'm always nauseous, I always have some kind of headache, fatigued; too much to list. I have to restart my pip and uc to get what I should be receiving, so right now I ...

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@sjwh

12 Sep 2024 07:56Last reply 12 Sep 2024 19:23

Building a ground floor extension

I’m fortunate that we have space to build an extension for wheelchair accessible ground floor living. If anyone else has done this are there any tips or suggestions to make it work best?

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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@jamoranto

9 Sep 2024 22:22 EditedLast reply 10 Sep 2024 00:40

Ok so here it is. 🎣

Do what you always love to do even tho it takes different planning and finding accessible locations to fish buckets in a river with a wheelchair.

Chilliwack, BC, Canada

@BerniceAddis

5 Sep 2024 10:41Last reply 20 Sep 2024 16:47

Rollz Electric walker/rollator/wheelchair.

As it is new and there are no stores where I try this out can anybody recommend the Rollz Electric walker/rollator/wheelchair.

London, United Kingdom

@Victoria1971

30 Aug 2024 10:31Last reply 1 Sep 2024 21:29

Bad day! Is this really M.S.

Hi everyone. Hope you’re all doing ok. I’m having a meltdown today. 2 people have told me I’m getting worse. Am I expecting too much? Here’s what happened: On Wednesday had to attend a hospital app with my other half (he really wanted me to go with him as I tried to get out of it). We live in York, ...

@bugsy

30 Aug 2024 03:58Last reply 31 Aug 2024 14:08

Don't give up on yourself.....................

I have had PPMS since I was 47 yrs. and I am now 78 yrs. For the first while I didn't use anything. I then went to a Quad cane that I bought on Ebay. My next item was a simple Walker that I used for quite awhile. I now have a better Walker now for inside my house and I have a Wheelchair that I u...

Winnipeg, Canada

@LynnardSkynnard

29 Aug 2024 18:51Last reply 2 Sep 2024 09:01

New Patient Appointment left me baffled

After fighting my way into a neurologists office FINALLY 5 months after being diagnosed and passed along by the brain surgeon.. I had my New Patient Appointment yesterday.. during which I was questioned by a baffled neuro NP who says he doesn't understand my MS diagnosis because he "doesn't see it."...

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@BerniceAddis

29 Aug 2024 14:07 EditedLast reply 4 Sep 2024 15:34

Boot folding mobility scooters

Hi Everyone, I use a walker but now can't walk far even with this. Thinking of buying a lightweight, folding, car boot mobility scooter but there are so many to choose from. Any advice/recommendations would be welcome. Regards Gaynor

London, United Kingdom

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