From Segways to Ceefax: how inclusive design helps everyone
Many tech innovations were originally designed to help people with disabilities. These 10 examples have become part of everyone’s lives.
Creative Crews Clads Classroom with Interactive Braille Walls in a Thai School
Bangkok based architecture firm creative crews, renovated the pattaya redemptorist school for the blind. the client’s social responsibility plan asked the firm to develop aid for children with disabilities, tackling issues of visual impairment within the thai society.
“Peppa Pig” Introducing Mandy Mouse Is a Major Moment for Disability Representation
“The series is based on the real experiences of small children and disability is a part of the world.”
The tech empowering disabled people in cities
Cities are difficult to navigate at the best of times, but for people with disabilities they can be like an obstacle course and a maze wrapped into one.
Aaron Philip: The trans, disabled model taking on a $2-trillion industry
Aaron Philip’s life has been transformed by becoming the first black, trans, disabled model to sign for a major agency. Since joining the renowned Elite Model Management last September, the 17-year-old has shot editorial for i-D magazine and been named in Teen Vogue’s “21 Under 21,” among much else.
To make a more accessible city, turn to the sidewalk
Universities, advocacy organizations and startups are all exploring how to bring “big data to accessibility” in order to transform mobility for disabled communities.
How to make Pride truly accessible
Held every June to honor the legacy of the LGBTQ movement and the event that started it all, the 1969 Stonewall riots, Pride is a season to celebrate resilience, resistance and the vast spectrum of sexual and gender diversity.
Why I will start including accessibility information in my restaurant reviews
Never mind what’s on the menu. A number of readers have told me my reviews would be more helpful if I let them know whether they can simply get through the door.
People With Disabilities Hit Hardest By Storms, Say Advocates
As Hurricane Florence barreled toward the Carolinas, Terry Helvie and her children were forced to evacuate to a shelter farther inland. They met a new set of challenges there.
A Closer Look at Universal Design
Something designed under the guiding principles of universal design should be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible. By definition, it should inherently be as accessible as possible for as many people as possible, minimizing need for further specialization.