The UK has a project to bring their wounded warriors back into the adventure and dangerous/fun of life!
Project Mobility represents a collection of Land Rover addicts, from all walks of life including; the 4x4 industry, soldiers, pacifists, mechanics and off road racers. Project Mobility helps ordinary people achieve extraordinary things through a range of exciting projects and initiatives from; converting Land Rovers to be driven by amputees, to organising overland safaris through to putting together Britain’s first all disabled Rally Crew for the 2013 Dakar Rally. This organization is working hard to help their wounded warriors regain independence, confidence, and mobility.
BMSAD is the British MotorSport Association for the Disabled
The objective of the British Motor Sports Association for the Disabled is to assist drivers with disabilities to compete in motorsport. Since 1991 over 200 competitors with a variety of disabilities and medical conditions have earned the right to compete in Racing, Rallying and Karting. The variety of conditions vary from paraplegia, arm, leg and finger amputations, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone and Parkinson’s disease, visual and hearing challenges and many more. The future is looking very bright with more opportunity for all disabled motorsport enthusiasts with more Kart tracks committed to fitting hand controls where required and most racing circuits prepared to accept the need for disabled access.
Off roading is fun too!! Who says that you need to compete to have fun ;]
~Sarah
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