The Battle For The Future Of Autism Advocacy
The combined third/fourth grade classroom at Seattle’s Academy for Precision Learning (APL) is humming with activity. An inclusion-based private school created in 2007 to meet the needs of autistic children in grades K-12, APL boasts classrooms that accommodate a spectrum of behaviors and learning styles. Most children are seated at desks; one small group of students […]
Home for the Next 50 Years
The Home for the Next 50 Years, designed and owned by John Salmen, AIA president of Universal Designers & Consultants, Inc., is a showcase for how universal design can be applied to an existing home to make it more convenient, comfortable and safe, allowing its occupants to age-in-place. “We eased the way people move around […]
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Cripping the Arts examines Canadian cultural production through a different lens
“Disability arts has a forty-five year history in Canada but currently there is a groundswell of interest in disability arts. It seems that everyone wants to program disability arts right now,” says Eliza Chandler, Artistic Director of Tangled Art + Disability and the programmer of Cripping the Arts, next weekend’s symposium devoted to the topic […]
Inclusive Design – Practical Introduction
This class will allow delegates to gain an understanding of the overarching legislation and supporting guidance that can assist designers, builders and those responsible for managing buildings, with particular attention to the Equality Act. It will also identify those covered by the legislation and the range of disabilities and the impact these will have on […]
Crutches are finally getting a redesign after 150 years
Anyone who had to use crutches know how painful they can be. This is an inconvenience to every crutch user, but presents serious problems to long-term and permanent users. A company, Mobility Designed, designed an ergonomic crutch to relieve the pain.
Beautiful minds, wasted
IN AMERICA in 1970 one child in 14,000 was reckoned to be autistic. The current estimate is one in 68—or one in 42 among boys. Similarly high numbers can be found in other rich countries: a study in South Korea found that one in 38 children was affected. Autism is a brain condition associated with […]
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What If Residents Decided How Their Nursing Home Would Run?
When asked how she feels about living at St. Camillus Health Center in Whitinsville, Mass., her home for 15 years, Alice Hallinan doesn’t hesitate. “I love it very much,” the 96-year-old says. “My daughter wants me to move closer to her, but no way I would leave.”