Europe Business Review interviews Fiona Jarvis, BBS Founder and finds that neither disability or age have prevented her establishing Blue Badge Style as the Vogue/Michelin Guide for the ‘Less Able’. How very dare they….I’m not that old!! Ed. See it on line here or read the transcript below…… Q&A: Why Disability Is Not a Barrier to…
The Government has just put out a press release and report on the effectiveness of the ‘Access to Work Scheme’ – more or less it says it’s not working due to lack of funds and the lack of promotion (one of their better kept secrets). On Friday FJ was interviewed on it’s effectiveness and how…
The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Christmassy Ticks for the following 3 things… What to buy / be bought!… Give someone a way to keep their Blue Badge in Style this Christmas by giving them a trendy holder from the Blue Badge Company. They…
’tis the season to be jolly but DisabledGO’s recent report on accessibility made for rather depressing reading – less than a third of departments have accessible changing rooms, two thirds of retail staff have no training in how to help disabled customers and 40% of restaurants have no accessible toilet. In response to all the gloom…
It really is true that seemingly simple adjustments can actually be life changing. The other day I had a new door installed and it’s completely changed my ability to independently get in and out of my flat. Previously I had a standard door and a step inside, now have a perfect automatic door and a…
You’d like to think that buying presents for disabled people should be a pretty simple task – get them something nice; don’t do anything stupid, like buy a mountain bike for a wheelchair user. But then you see something like this article, in which less abled people describe the least suitable presents they’ve ever been bought and…
The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Ticks for the following… What to Buy… Produced in studios in Seville and San Francisco, UNYQ prosthetic leg covers are a revolution in prosthetic design. UNYQ fairings and accessories are gorgeous 3D printed embellishments that wrap around your prosthetic…
Painting is hard, but painting without the use of your hands is much harder. However, not being able to use their hands hasn’t stopped a great many talented men and women from becoming professional artists, with the help of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists organisation. Formed in 1957, the MFPA partnership is the British organisation…
I’m so fed up with my impractical utility black chair so as part of Brunel University London’s Co-Innovate programme we challenged final year Product & Industrial Design students to come up with new ideas. They have produced designs which address some key issues for practical, yet chic, wheelchair use. The results are in the photo gallery…