Rite Aid Now Offers Talking Prescription Labels
Rite Aid announced today the nationwide availability of talking prescription devices to assist customers with visual impairments. The device will be provided at no cost to customers who are blind or who are visually impaired.
Inclusion: The Bigger Picture
The recent controversy regarding the Academy Awards’ lack of inclusion of black actors for award nominations is sadly only part of the problem. The issue of inclusion in Hollywood echos with many minority populations, and was brought up quite poignantly in an episode of Netflix’s Master of None in an episode called “Indians on TV.”
Danny Woodburn Challenges Hollywood Over Inclusion and Diversity
Danny Woodburn is challenging Hollywood. Inclusion and diversity are popular buzzwords in Hollywood these days. Despite the fuss and fury over social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, there’s another group Hollywood has been ignoring for decades, and still continues to ignore. Danny Woodburn is accusing Hollywood of ignoring a fifth of the U.S. population. Woodburn is using […]
The Geek’s Guide to Disability
Disability issues have become a hot topic amongst science fiction and fantasy fans. Last November, Lynne Thomas, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Michael Damian Thomas published the SF/F Con Accessibility Pledge, and more than 300 folks signed on to attend only those conventions that publish specific statements about disability access, along with contact information for a […]
Mum Of Autistic Boys Creates Dolls That Seek To Encourage Acceptance Of Disabilities
A mother of two autistic boys has created empowering dolls to encourage acceptance of children with disabilities. Maria Kentley, from Melbourne, Australia, started the Hope Toys line last year in response to the perfect figures manufactured by the major toy companies. Her dolls represent a number of disabilities – some are amputees with prosthetic legs, […]
Once A Pipe Dream, Disability Community Nearing Completion
LAKELAND, Fla. – Merely a pipe dream for the past 18 years, The Villages at Noah’s Landing is nearing completion. Quaint, colorful and secluded on 56 acres of semi-wooded prime real estate on Lake Crago in north Lakeland, the residential community for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is unique for Polk County and a rarity […]
Disabled musicians create music from brainwaves
Four members of a Paramusical Ensemble, who are unable to talk or move, are using ground-breaking technology to create music with the power of their minds. The University of Plymouth and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability developed technology to read the electrical activity in the brain and used it to create the piece of music.
Shopping cart invented by Alabama mom going nationwide in Target stores
Caroline’s Cart, the shopping cart for special needs children created by Alabaster mom Drew Ann Long, will soon be found in Target stores nationwide. The retail giant has been testing the carts in some stores for the past year and has decided to roll them out to the vast majority of stores across the U.S. beginning in […]
How Polling Station Design Could Influence Elections
Poorly designed polling stations could discourage some people from voting. Time to adopt a universal design standard. Today, an estimated half a million people in New Hampshire will go to the polls to vote in the Republican and Democratic primaries, and in the weeks ahead, many other Americans will vote as well. Depending on where you […]
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