Curb Cuts – 99% Invisible
Inclusive Design: Accommodating sensory issues in ASD
5 Problems with Accessibility (And How Universal Design Fixes Them)
The goal of opening our communities to everyone has been around for decades. Since the 1970s, the US has focused its efforts on improving accessibility in spaces ranging from schools to sidewalks.
Meet the researcher building robots to help disabled people travel safer
Prof Aaron Steinfeld of Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute is working on building robots that could one day help disabled people navigate major transport hubs.
The Curb Cut Effect: How Making Public Spaces Accessible to People With Disabilities Helps Everyone
The history of curb cuts teaches us important principles when it comes to designing, as well as, acknowledging what we consider “normal”.
Microsoft Accessibility Features
With more than 1 billion people in the world with disabilities, there is no limit to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of all those who use it.
Disabilities no longer a barrier to Great Lakes
New adaptive kayaking at the Erie Canal Boat Company. Because of the lift, and the kayak’s special seat and a few safety features, a new accessible outdoor option is now available.
How to recognize exclusion in AI
In order to prevent bias in AI, they are following in Microsoft’s footsteps to developed inclusive design tools and processes to recognize people with physical disabilities in the design process.
Achieving Health Equity Means Including People with Disabilities
There are several definitions of “health equity,” but most would agree with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) definition, which states that “Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to ‘attain his or her full health potential’ and no one is ‘disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position […]
What It Means to be Human and How Brands Can Design for the True Inclusion of All of Humanit
In his powerful talk from SB’17 Detroit, Dr. Victor Pineda shares his search for what it means to be human, and what that journey has taught him about the enormous opportunity for brands to address the needs of everyone.