With the increase in the use of mobility scooters there is more need than ever for enough dropped kerbs to be available, fortunately a dropped kerb can serve many people in various situations, outside someones house they allow for easy access onto a persons driveway and for exiting too of course.

They also come in handy for people with pushchairs, those using wheelchairs and anyone that has difficulty stepping down or up onto different levels so its not like they only serve one group of people.

Many neighbourhoods are served well, also some town and city areas but many are not and although it may not seem like it would have much of an effect, to many it can make quite a difference between a fairly easy and pleasant time or one that takes quite a bit longer with unwanted detours

Its understandable that a neighbourhood, or a town or city layout will probably not have been built with mobility scooters and wheelchairs in mind, at least the older and more established areas, the fact that certain areas may be lacking with regards to accomodating people with mobility needs is usually not a case of ignorance of local councils, after all some streets, buildings and the way some areas were planned out years ago dont always lend themselves to a quick modification that suddenly makes a pavement or access to a building easy.

How is the situation where you live? Do you have enough suitably placed dropped kerbs in your neighbourhood? And if you travel though your local village, town or city do you have difficulties with finding a suitable area of the pavement to cross roads?

Please share your veiws by commenting.

While currently there is a wide range of mobility aids available that constantly improves over the years and helps a lot of people with various conditions and diseases lead a better quality of life, there is always going to be some people who will be reluctant to begin using any type of mobility aid.

Some people who might never have imagined themselves needing to use anything other than their own will and intent might have unexpectedly found their life changed quite quickly, from british troops who have returned injured from their time abroad, to people hurt in road or work related accidents and people being diagnosed with life changing and mobility altering conditions and diseases.

Many people are fiercely independent and for some the mere mention of beginning to use mobility aids might result in aggression and disapproval, not only from younger people but older people too who feel proud and used to doing things their way, when they want to without looking towards people or objects for assistance.

Its completely understandable that someone might not want to begin using any type of mobility aid because some might see it as giving something up, or giving in to the condition that they are living with or accepting a dramatic change that happend in their life that has lead to the need for mobility aids.

But mobility aids actually enhance and improve the quality of life for you, from allowing you to move around your home better to getting outdoors more and allowing for exercise too that might otherwise be too difficult.

Whatever you use, it will mostly enhance and bring improvement, depending on your mobility needs there is usually improved independance from using them, after all no one should expect you to give up any of your independance and if what you use means that you can do more by yourself then thats clearly a good thing.

There are often cases of children who once they have received and are using the right kind of powerchair for their needs they suddenly bloom, the difference that it makes to their daily life can be quite significant.

Even at a young age they notice the difference, there is much improvement and as most people want to be able to do things for themselves its natural that a child will begin to show signs of increased development with the right powerchair.

From very young children to adults of all ages there are a lot of benefits that can be experienced from the use of a mobility aid and although you may at first want to avoid using them, often there is a positive change in thinking as you begin to embrace their use and feel that it can be quite liberating.

I have noticed that some searches that people make within the search engines when looking for answers to their mobility scooter problems can be very general and this might decrease the chance of you finding an answer to your problem.

Some examples of the searches that i have seen include:

Why has my mobility scooter stopped working?

Mobility scooter not moving

Why does my mobility scooter not work?

Quite often a search like this will make it more difficult to find an answer to the problem that you are experiencing because it is too general and doesn’t mention anything about the make and model of the mobility scooter that you are having a problem with.

I receive questions through the contact form about specific mobility scooters, if i am unable to provide an answer then i can publish the question in the questions and answers category on this very site, and the questions can be about other mobility aids too, adjustable beds, stairlifts etc

There is no guarantee of an answer being provided by others but it helps to get it posted on the site as it increases you chances of receiving a suitable and helpful answer to your problem.

If you do have a problem with a mobility aid then it helps to provide as much information as you can about the make and model of the product that you own and also about the actual problem that you are experiencing with your mobility aid, including when it happens and things like that.

If you are performing a search then naturally what you type into a search engine might include a handful of words, but if you are contacting me with a question then providing plenty of information will help in trying to provide you with the answer, especially if i publish it on the site.

Once a question is published on the site, and even better when it gets answered it can benefit many people in the future that might find themselves looking for an answer to the same problem at some point.