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Andrea Begley is a 27 year-old, visually impaired, civil servant who has made it to the semi-final of The Voice UK. We thought we should make everyone aware of her because she has an astounding voice and we know from the news that not that many people have been watching the show. But we want…
In this week’s Wednesday Wrap we thought we’d take everyone back to the beginning and explain how and why Fiona Jarvis set up Blue Badge Style. In an article written for The Big Society Network she explains what Blue Badge Style is, what it means and where she wants to take it in the future.…
Jack Carroll is the fourteen year-old stand up comedian with cerebral palsy who has stormed into the final of Britain’s Got Talent. From his position leaning on his walking frame – a stance that has caused him to call himself a sit down stand up comedian – Jack has delivered two hilarious sets so far…
As she said at the end of last week’s article, Fiona is on holiday this week so she hasn’t been able to write her weekly update. She’s asked me to step out of the shadows of my role as editor and provide my own version of the Wednesday Wrap. I’m really just here to tell…
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…
A young, hearing-impaired boy in America has lived out the ultimate dream of any four year-old by being made into a comic book superhero. Super-hero mega-fan, Anthony Smith was born with Mosaic Trisomy 22 which meant he has no hearing in his right ear and minimal hearing in his left. When he was given a…
As part of Deaf Awareness Week Andra Sonea has written an article for Blue Badge Style about what it’s like for someone with a hearing impairment to work as a consultant in the city. She talks about how losing her hearing has affected her life and work and about her outlook on impairment. It’s a great…
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…