This week has been a trial by pavement. My bones have been shaken & stirred and not in a good way. Firstly, I and the Mancunian Lieutenant decided that after a hair appointment in Richmond, we should wheel down to the Crown in Twickenham (great pub with fab garden see previous review). Little did I…
Blue Badge Style has become “a member of the British Hospitality Association in a bid to bring accessibility to the forefront of the industry’s attention”. They agree that “The Blue £ is set to get bigger” and Pictorial Access Descriptions are “a low cost way to improve the service they (hotels & restaurants) provide for visitors…
Tomorrow is the day of the most famous horse race in the world – the Grand National. Due to its length and the difficulty of its jumps, including the infamous Becher’s Brook and The Chair, the Grand National been described as the ultimate test of horse and rider. In a crowded field the forty jockeys…
Bringing the retro boom into to the wheelchair market, the fabulous KPII is a brand new wheelchair with its roots very much in the past. Hailed as the first ever vintage wheelchair, the KPII is inspired by, and based on, the model used by King Philip of Spain, the man generally considered to have been…
To be able to invent, you need to be able to bring creativity and imagination together with logic and reason. These are all qualities that we like to think that we possess, but we’ve found some creations that are indicative of inventors who had a severely misguided sense of their own abilities. They’re a wide…
In an interview with Boutique Hotelier we argued the case for disabled facilities in Boutique Hotels. See the full article here. Among other things we argue the economic and social case for inclusion. Here’s a sample of what I said, they got me on an angry day!? “Up to 19% of the population is…
I don’t know about you but the last time I went to The Science Museum was when I was on a school trip, which is a shame as it’s a very cool place to visit. In particular it has a 3D Printing Exhibition at the moment running until 7/2/2015 and it’s FREE. This is something…
There are far more uses for smart phone and tablet apps that Flappy Bird and Facebook.In fact, many apps are now helping to solve everyday problems for people with mobility, visual and hearing impairments. Here are our top ten: 1. Siri and other virtual assistants. For less able iPhone users Siri can be a really…
Blue Badge Style’s editor, Max Sunter, has written a blog on accessible London attractions for Visit London. It features some great places to go that you might not expect to be as accessible as they are. Check out the Visit London post here.