Specialist vehicle arrives for woman with dwarfism

A specialist vehicle has arrived in Jersey to help a woman with dwarfism get around.

The vehicle arrived on Monday and Caroline Fry is expected to be able to use it after getting specialist lessons with DriveAbility Jersey, which provides driving instructions for the local disabled community.

The vehicle has arrived after Fry's friend Jonathan Beaty managed to raise more than £6,000 to help pay for it.

Fry, who plans to use it along with a mobility scooter to remain independent, previously said such support had "rapidly all contributed to get my independence back".

Fry has faced growing mobility issues after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis in 2023, which is the narrowing of the tunnels in the spine which contain the nerves or spinal cord, according to the NHS.

Following surgery, Fry said she struggled to walk and relied on a mobility scooter for short-range transportation, but her new vehicle would allow her to get further afield.

She said she would be able to drive her scooter into her new vehicle so she could drive that, and the combination of both would allow her to get about short and long distances independently.

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