Sorry, but not much happened last week after the Wheeled in Chelsea event. I nursed a hangover for many days this week as Lucy and I had carried on at Beaufort House, after the rest of the team had gone home, drinking Mojitos and waiting for our taxi. See the pic below for a sense…
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…
David Bonnett is a prominent access consultant who has been involved in advocating and implementing inclusive design in many major building projects. Amongst other high profile projects, David was a key consultant in the refurbishment of the Camden Roundhouse and he works with Richard Roger’s practice on most of their projects. Here he explains the…
We are called Blue Badge Style so it would be amiss of us not to take a look into stylish accessible vehicles at some point. For a long time the notion of a stylish wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) was a completely alien concept. But nowadays there are far more options out there for less able…
The Mountain Trike is a brilliant new wheelchair, designed to help less able people enjoy the countryside. With three wheels, suspension and a clever lever system, these wheelchairs are able to go off-road, making them perfect for lovers of the outdoors. The Mountain Trike’s inventor, Tim Morgan, has recently been awarded a Silver Medal from the…
Dear Readers, please help us and get your favourite venues signed up for a PAD; where their facilities can be displayed on line from the point of view of a “less able customer”.
Beach wheelchairs have really caught on in the last couple of years and as they are adopted more and more less able people are being able to enjoy the beach. People in wheelchairs can take part in walks by the sea or just lazing around on the beach along with able-bodied friends and family. Just…
Co-operative have recently made a great step towards making their cash machines accessible to the blind by introducing ‘talking’ cash points. On May 23rd they joined the wave of banks making audio-assisted cash machines available to their customers with 400 new ATMs going live. Talking ATMs deliver private, spoken instructions through a headset which is…
Here at BBS we think that the idea glamour in a wheelchair is completely achievable. To highlight this (and just as a bit of fun on a Friday afternoon) we thought we’d make a short list of celebrities who temporarily used wheelchairs. These stars showed that you can remain stylish even when you need to…