Check out this video from series 2 of The IT Crowd. We think it’s pretty funny but it also made us wonder – when do you cross the line with this sort of thing? In this instance we think it’s OK – the joke’s on him and anyone who’s seen this episode will know that…
Last week we posted some truly tragic examples of Ridiculous Ramps which nobody in a wheelchair would ever consider to be accessible. Today we’re following up those examples of bad access with the ‘quasi khazis’ – ‘accessible toilets’ which for one reason or another are completely unusable. If you experience any examples of Ludicrous Loos like this,…
In the next few weeks we’re setting up an interest panel to provide feedback to major retailers and transport companies about how to best serve the less able community. We need people, who are opinionated and passionate about making experiences better for less able people, to get involved and join the panel. Whether it be…
Apparently a baby was born this week and even I had a smile on my face but we won’t dwell on it as the story has been done to death. Instead I want to talk about Quasi Khasis. In the past week I’ve been to two places where I’ve been told there’s a disabled toilet…
The American Lieutenant and Amanda the Commanda were delegated to visit Naidex – the “leading disability, homecare and rehabilitation event” – at the NEC Birmingham. There are a number of Naidex exhibitions in the year and the next is in Glasgow in September 2013. I’m always wary of events like these as I’ve grown allergic to…
Greenford is going to become the first tube station in England with an incline lift when work finishes there in 2015. The incline lift is an innovative new design that runs alongside the escalators making it easier to install than a traditional vertical lift. Incline lifts are already in use in many major European cities…
In the wake of the London 2012 Paralympics, there has been a big increase in demand from the less able to become more involved in sport and exercise, or at least that is the theory. But how much has been done to cater for this growing demand for accessible fitness? In this, the first of…
Blue Badge Style have launched something we think less able people will find useful – PADs. We want all Hotels, Restaurants, Bars etc to give an instant view on all websites of the disabled facilities &/obstacles, so that we’re not surprised or embarrassed when we go out!! The Blue Badge Style Pictorial Access Description or PAD is…
Blue Badge Style Signs-Up The Hoxton Hotel for Pictorial Access Descriptions Inclusive Hotel Brings Disability Facilities to Life Online Press release London, 26 February 2013, Blue Badge Style, the first app and website guide to a stylish lifestyle for the less-physically-able, has signed-up the award-winning Hoxton Hotel for its first Pictorial Access Description (PAD). The…