At BBS we focus more on the destinations (the venues we review) than the journey to get to them but public transport is still a real bug bear. It’s just lagging behind in terms of access and we know that a lot of our readers agree. Let the rant commence: It’s frustrating to have to…
We’re looking for less able people and their carers/attendants to join our BBS Interest Panel. It’s basically a forum to discuss all of the issues that affect less able life. We’re looking to open up a discussion about anything and everything that concerns the discerning less able. So if you have anything at all that you…
Do you or your wheelchair using friends and family want to really make an impression this Halloween? If you do then this is the place for you. We’ve looked around and discovered some incredible examples of people who incorporated their wheelchair into the design of their costumes. OK, these aren’t the most simple things in…
These days, when we talk about controversy and Oscar Pistorius we tend to think about the tragic events which took place last February. So shocking was that story that we tend to forget that there was another controversy surrounding him, his prosthetic blades and London 2012. Eventually, he would become the first Paralympian to compete…
In the old days, of really not that long ago, anybody who needed a prosthetic arm had to make do with the limited possibilities available. The incredible complexity of the human hand seemed, so recently, to be the sort of thing that only science fiction, not science, could replace. It was one thing for Luke Skywalker…
Our enduring belief that disability and style need not be mutually exclusive sees us endlessly scouring the internet for new and trendy mobility products. There are so many dour and clunky products out there but, if you search in the right places, with a little bit of patience you can find some real gems. A…
A short Wrap this week as I’m busy stuffing envelopes with BBS Tick Certificates. We’re intending to hand deliver certificates to those venues that have achieved excellence in Style Accessibility and Disabled Facilities and we’re doing this on the anniversary of the London 2012 Paralympics i.e. by 30th August. They also get BBS Stickers to…
Here at Blue Badge Style we absolutely adore intelligent, innovative and effective design. With that in mind, today we’re celebrating the 80th Birthday of the iconic British architect, Lord Richard Rogers who’s life and work are currently being shown at The Royal Academy. Rogers is a real titan of architecture, famous for his modernist and functionalist…