Barcelona, Singapore and Berlin: World’s best cities to travel if you’re disabled
The best accessible destinations for your holidays in 2017, as chosen by disabled travelers.
Accessible activity: my wonderful horse and carriage experience in Devon
So last Sunday my fiancee Kasia and I headed from Cambridgeshire to Devon to complete the accessible activity you had chosen for me. With around five hours of driving, we finally arrived in Devon at 10pm to a full moon and silent landscape.
Braille trail, sensory garden, and marimba bench enliven accessible park project
A newly opened park in Watertown, Massachusetts, wants to make sure everyone, from the elderly to the visually impaired, can experience nature on their own terms.
New UWS Playground Dubbed ‘Gold Standard’ of Accessibility for All Kids
The playground’s “universal design” concept calls for play equipment and layouts to not just be accessible, but to encourage interaction between children of different mental and physical abilities.
Accessible Gardening : NCHPAD – Building Inclusive Communities
Gardening is a healthy and simple way to enjoy safe and comfortable physical and mental activity. One can engage in gardening and structure it to leisure-time physical activity or focus on equally important fine/gross motor skills, flexibility, balance, and eye/hand coordination. The benefits of gardening are well-documented; formal programs in horticultural therapy use plants and […]
Occupational therapists explore the serious side of play
Children’s play isn’t, well, child’s play. It’s a stepping stone to adulthood, says Laura K. Vogtle, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, professor and director of UAB’s Postprofessional Master’s Program in occupational therapy in the UAB School of Health Professions. Play helps to build brains, bodies and social interactions that prepare children for school and the rest of […]
Sabrina Cohen Foundation to open accessible beach in Florida
On July 2, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation will be opening an accessible beach to the public, funded by grants from the Craig H. Nielsen Foundation and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for all citizens of Miami Beach to come and enjoy. Sabrina Cohen, CEO & Founder, created the Foundation in 2006 a few years […]
A new hope for hikers with disabilities – access to information
Portland-based Access Recreation isn’t pushing for better access on trails, it’s pushing for better access to information on trails. For these hikers, that makes a world of difference.
The ‘Canoemobile’ Makes National Parks More Accessible to People With Disabilities
If you’re a person with or without a disability and you’d love to experience the thrill of the open water, the Canoemobile may be for you. In celebration of the National Park Service centennial, the Canoemobile, operated by Wilderness Inquiry, will connect people with disabilities to the outdoors by getting them into canoes and out […]
Best Practices of Accessibililty in Parks and Recreation
Best Practices of Accessibililty in Parks and Recreation: A Delphi Survey of National Experts in Accessibility. Voight, Alison; Robb, Gary; Skulski, Jennifer; Getz, Deborah; Scharven, Debbie (2008). Final Report (PDF).