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Mobility refers to movement that involves purposefully changing one’s position in space. Activities of daily living that may be affected by limited mobility include walking, running, standing, lifting, climbing stairs, carrying and balancing.  Stamina and endurance are required to undertake these activities over a period of time.

Mobility impairments can be caused by a number of conditions or through accidents. The impairment may be permanent or temporary, intermittent or fluctuating in severity. People can be affected in many ways, from the most obvious, such as an impairment of limb function which may necessitate the use of aids such as wheelchairs, to more subtle ways caused, for example, by a head injury. The latter may also cause a loss of fine motor control, balance or concentration. People with conditions such as cerebral palsy may also have associated impairments of speech and vision. Because respiratory and cardiac diseases are debilitating, these too may affect mobility.

Although most people depend on mobility in the following employability skills, this does not mean that people who have mobility difficulties cannot possess these skills; rather, they may need reasonable adjustments to practice to enable them to develop or evidence the skills. 

Please click on the links below for a generic description of each employability skill that may be affected by limited mobility.

• Practical Skills (e.g. lab work/field work/ work placement)
  

Click below to read about the possible effects of limited mobility on the specified skill as well as adjustments to practice/inclusive strategies.

• Mobility and Practicals