I applied to speak at Digital Shoreditch, and surprisingly I got a slot under the banner “What Tech City?” . Digital Shoreditch is a festival over 10 days where you can, “Discover and explore the latest trends & successes in using digital in : branding, content, funding, games, design, social, mobile, emerging tech & greater good.”…
Andy Gemmell has been blind his entire life but he’s never let it stop him enjoying his passions. During his time he has travelled the world, many times over, following the England Cricket team and visiting some of the world’s most famous racing tracks. He’s one of the biggest sports fans you’re ever likely to…
Blue Badge Style Signs-Up The Hoxton Hotel for Pictorial Access Descriptions Inclusive Hotel Brings Disability Facilities to Life Online Press release London, 26 February 2013, Blue Badge Style, the first app and website guide to a stylish lifestyle for the less-physically-able, has signed-up the award-winning Hoxton Hotel for its first Pictorial Access Description (PAD). The…
Aminaka Wilmont’s show was highlighted by the appearance of the obligatory celebrity, Sienna Miller, in one of their outfits (see previous review of LFW). Their clothes can be bought at Selfridges & Net-A-Porter amongst other places and are expensive but some of what they showed may be copied for the High St. It’s therefore worth noting…
The Blue Badge Style Sports Blog has started up recently to help provide information on how the less able can get involved in sport. In the last week, news stories have shown that this is still something that people need more information about. Recently, news has emerged that the Paralympic legacy may not have been…
We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week we’re featuring an interview with Sophie Christiansen. Sophie won three gold medals in dressage at London 2012 to along with…
Susie Rodgers is a British Paralympic Swimmer who picked up bronze medals in the S7 100m freestyle, 4x100m relay and the 400m freestyle at the London Games. She has graciously volunteered to write the first in a series of guest blogs for Blue Badge Style. Over the next few weeks a variety of Paralympians will…
We had a Blue Badge Style launch party for our Mobile App and invited a cool collection of wheelchair & stick users, partially-sighted people and able-bodied – Inclusion at it’s best. The stylish event was held at Lounge Lover in London’s Shoreditch and even included three-time gold medal winner, Paralympian Sophie Christiansen. Check out the…
Obama included reference to those with disabilities in his victory speech: “It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in America if you’re willing to try.” I’m with him and…