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"Without you we're stuck." Henry McKean learns to drive an adapted IWA car #Stuck

Mobility is something many of us take for granted, but for thousands of people with physical disa...

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11.00 28 Sep 2020


"Without you we're stuck." Henry McKean learns to drive an adapted IWA car #Stuck


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Mobility is something many of us take for granted, but for thousands of people with physical disabilities there are challenges and obstacles that many of us couldn’t imagine. IWA (The Irish Wheelchair Association) supports independent living for people with physical disabilities. They want to continue to give everyone an equal opportunity and are launching their #stuck campaign to raise vital funds.

Henry McKean took a driving lesson with the Irish Wheelchair Association and met driving instructor Barry Reid, he teaches people who were born with disabilities and people who have acquired their condition.  Henry got to experience the differences to a mainstream car and he sent us this report from the driving school.


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