There’s a brilliant charity auction titled “A Dolls’ House,” curated by the property developer Cathedral Group. The collection features 20 dollhouses created by well-known architects collaborating with an artist. Their design must fit on a 30- by 30-inch plinth. More importantly ‘Each has to include one unique feature that makes life easier for a child with…
A number of students from the University of Slough were forcibly removed from a Halloween party, at their halls of residence, last weekend for wearing ‘inappropriate’ costumes. But the strange thing is, they weren’t kicked out for wearing too little clothing, dressing as villainous historical characters, Nazis, or anybody recently deceased. The students dressed as…
We’re inviting anyone who wants to show support for quality disabled access, World Disability Day and Blue Badge Style to join in with our Guerrilla Sticker Campaign on the 3rd of December. Every year World Disability Day (officially know as International Day of People with Disability) falls on this day and this year we want…
We were writing a post about the International Disability Day and whilst researching we noticed some of the alternative, strange and funny international days – so here are some of our favourites! Talk Like A Pirate Day – 19th September Gentlemen o’ fortune, Shiver me timbers we’ve missed this one but I thought it was well…
Run by A. Horne and Ted House the Hotel Bran UK is unfortunately a shadow of the grand castle it is said to have once been. However, my stay there was a little bit of an adventure. I was told by an old old friend that I should hurry there to check it out. “It’s…
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…
We have complained for a long time about the absence of a disabled toilet at the world famous Fat Duck restaurant, home to the eccentric culinary musings of one Mr Heston Blumethal. Why, we asked, is the famous home of molecular gastronomy – where science meets delicious – so appalling behind the times on disabled…
Hi again, after a week of downtime due to a server ‘impairment’ (we all have one!) we’re back and running. It had to be the week when I met (read ambushed) Alan Hansen at The London EDITION in Berner’s St., London. I’ll tell you about the hotel first – The EDITION appealed to me as they say…
We found this on the www.seriouslynot.com website It’s a special ‘shoehorn’ for getting your wheelchair into those doorways that are just too narrow. This Wheelie Squeezie sounds like a brilliant problem solver! Never again will you be defeated by those narrow toilet doorways. It’s based on the Smart Car design. It’s also supplied with a special…