San Francisco’s busiest street is now car-free
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday that over two miles of Market Street — which she calls the “everyday backbone of the City” — is now car-free to help create space “made for people.”
Navigating disability in the kitchen is all about finding the right adaptations
“I felt I’d been used just to tick an inclusion box and was angry that I was prevented from showing that disabled cooks are winners.”
Designs for seated bodies: rethinking design perspective
British designer Lucy Jones is challenging a basic premise of fashion, and it’s one that might surprise you: why is everything designed for standing people? Her newly-launched company, Ffora, seeks to answer an urgent question of design inclusion.
Is that subway art? No, it’s the MTA’s new accessibility experiment.
The MTA is testing more than a dozen new ways to help disabled commuters at Brooklyn’s busy Jay St/MetroTech subway station, and the agency hopes riders will give them input on what works and what doesn’t.
Hampton by Hilton, expected to be the first isUD Certified Hotel Nears Completion
Uniland Development Corporation is close to completing the construction of a new Hampton by Hilton hotel in Amherst, New York. The Hampton by Hilton is expected to become the first hotel in the country to achieve isUD certification, a program that aims to create and acknowledge inclusive buildings
Documentary on a summer camp that inspired disability rights premieres at Sundance
The disability rights movement in Berkeley takes center stage on the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival in the film “Crip Camp,” a documentary that traces the infancy of the movement to a revolutionary summer camp tucked away in upstate New York.
The State of “Inclusive Design” in 2020 – a study of importance towards Usability and Identity
With an ever-growing amount of people using the world wide web, comes a growing amount of people who are being underrepresented by baseline designs, thoughts and common assumptions – a fact that can easily have an impact on both the emotional and physical wellbeing of the user.
Why including people with disabilities in design is a win for all
‘Aesthetics and accessibility don’t need to be at odds with each other,’ says disabled designer Alex Haagaard
Voice Control: When technology becomes more accessible everyone wins
I broke my finger and have been using Voice Control for four weeks — a reminder of why accessibility is super important.
The full guide to flying with a disability
