The Air Access Wheelchair is a great design that could improve travelling by plane for the less able. In the wake of the Paralympics, Priestmangoode have created a Air Access Wheelchair that will transform air travel for passengers with reduced mobility. Without wanting to oversimplify things, it’s basically an airplane seat on wheels but it’s much more…
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…
Morph Wheels are amazing wheelchair wheels which can be detached and folded up to approximately half their open size. They’re a genius idea to provide easier transport and storage for wheelchair users. They’re incredibly helpful and also look good too. The design has been knocking around since 2010 but has only recently become available for purchase in the UK.…
These smartCRUTCH crutches have been developed to provide more comfort to the user than a conventional forearm or underarm crutch. Their handles distribute your weight across your forearms rather than forcing all of the pressure you exert onto your hands and wrists. Redistributing the weight means that the pressure is reduced as the force you…
When researching for articles on stylish mobility wheelchairs we find out that there are so many stylish wheelchair concepts which just never seem to get made. It’s a problem we highlighted in our post a few months ago on trendy wheelchairs. There are loads of designers out there coming up with amazing and innovative new…
Two weeks ago, we posted our review of the 2013 Ideal Home Show. In the article, we said that we had been a little underwhelmed at the amount of disability friendly products on display at the Home Show. The less able market is huge and it seemed a little short sighted of them to not have…
The Ideal Home Show, Earls Court As part of our ongoing quest to find helpful and stylish products for the less able, this week I took a trip to the Ideal Home Show, to see what they have to offer in terms of assisted living. Held in the exhibition centre at Earls Court, the Ideal…
The Ideal Home Exhibition at Earls Court has given BBS food for thought. Do they include any Disability Equipment or exhibit any Accessible Homes? Have any of our readers seen anything there that provides style and assisted living, let us know?? In the meantime our roving reporter Max will be attending and writing an article…
Our ongoing mission to find trendy mobility aids has taken us on a search for stylish wheelchairs. We’ve had a look around and come up with a selection of wheelchairs that are a little sleeker and more design focused than the average chair. One thing that is frustrating when looking for a more attractive looking…