Earlier this year we ran a series of articles highlighting the ‘Stupidity’ of architects , planners & designers in the construction of Ludicrous Toilets and Ridiculous Ramps. So to make you laugh here’s a round up of some old and new!!! Will there be more in 2015?? Send us any you find here.
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…
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…
The chaos that was Black Friday shopping is thankfully over. No more angry mobs trampling security cards and breaking down doors to get into Primark, no more neighbours fighting each other off to get their hands on the cheapest flat screen TV and no more petrified adolescent shop assistants taking refuge from the flying fists…
We were recently sent a couple of rollators to test out. This is the second of the two. It’s the Troja rollator, from Topro in Norway (actually we were sent this from somewhere in Surrey). Unfortunately, our rollator using reviewer pulled out at the last minute, so we put together this video showing off the…
Outside the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre at Salisbury Hospital lies Horatio’s Garden – a beautiful, peaceful, restorative haven for the patients there and a fitting tribute to a young man who played a key role in its creation before passing away much too young. It’s a wonderful space and a beautiful idea. Horatio…
Disabled access in Britain’s streets, buildings and attractions (or the lack thereof) has made a real stir in the news this week, spearheaded by a recent BBC London Inside Out documentary. The investigation, using undercover researchers, revealed a “depressing” failure to accommodate disabled people on London’s high streets. This concerning news comes at a time when…