We have recently set up a partnership with Access Advisr – a Tripadvisor look a like for people with disabilities. They recommended we take a look at Indian Summer in Brighton. We previously went on a trip to Brighton which is plagued with narrow streets and a pebbled beach, none of which makes access easy. It should…
The Parkinson interviews were entertaining and in the end prophetic……. He was the best boxer of 20th Century, here’s why – he was fast Ali on Vietnam war, …….”My conscious won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And…
Blue Badge Style rounds up the top 10 accessible UK pub, restaurants and holidays for this Bank Holiday Monday and May half term for Disability Horizons: 10 awesome accessible pub restaurants and getaways Something For the Weekend/Week Here at BBS Towers we’re eagerly awaiting the Bank Holiday weekend so that we can escape to the…
The other month we went to the UK’s largest show for disability equipment – Naidex, and as you probably know there’s a distinct lack of ‘style’ not least because it was at the NEC! Our previous report found a few interesting items such as an easy to use knife and The German National Tourist Office…
Having met Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister of Disabled People, earlier this year we received this endorsement from him “Making buildings more accessible not only makes for a more equal society but also helps businesses unlock the purple pound, the £212 billion a year spending power of disabled people. This is why it’s good to see…
As you know we are trying to ‘re-define disability with style’ and we were heartened to receive this comment from reader, Ray martin, on our mobility scooter article. He’s obviously someone who believes as we do, that style is missing in 21st century disability kit. He said, “I have a Borgarelli it’s white (not maroon or…
Those of you who know me realise I don’t expect to find much of ‘innovation’ at Naidex – the largest disability equipment show in the UK. Held every year at the NEC, Birmingham, the first innovation was found on the train – we tried out the BBS ‘Drink’ glass holder. It worked well with the…
Steve Wilkinson is based in the North East and runs a website Wheelchair Steve. Steve established International Wheelchair Day as 1st March every year. His mission is to ‘to make the world more accessible for other wheelchair users and people who have non-standard needs’ and has a been a wheelchair user for most of his life.…
First is our very own DRINK glass holder. This is the first of a range of BBS wheelchair accessories. Have you ever wished you could get away from boring people at a party or wanted to network at an event but can’t take your drink with you?? Fed up with not being able to go…