Denise began working with Essex Travel Training in June 2007; she had been offered a job in a library cafe and needed to learn how to walk there and back independently. Once those skills were mastered, Denise learnt how to travel to and from Plough Corner Community Centre using the bus.

But Denise has not stopped there. A year later and she now walks into town alone to do her shopping, regularly uses the buses, has enrolled at a gym and regularly travels to car boot sales. Denise's confidence has grown so much that she's also taken on a job as a Health Access Champion for the Tendring district becoming a voice for people with learning difficulties using the health service.