‘Man in Motion’ Rick Hansen says more incentives needed to design accessible buildings
Canada’s Man in Motion Rick Hansen says creating a program for celebrating and certifying accessible buildings — patterned on one that certifies buildings for environmental design — could encourage building designers to create more inclusive spaces.
Transit systems eye Uber, Lyft for savings on the disabled
Several U.S. transit systems looking to defray costs of providing services for the disabled are weighing partnerships with Uber and Lyft, unsettling some advocates who note that ride-hailing services have themselves faced criticism over accessibility.
The End of Public Transit?
Start-ups are proving more efficient than government in areas like transportation. Should some services be privatized?
A Disabled Life Is a Life Worth Living
In midsummer, I learned of the death of Laurie Hoirup, a prominent 60-year-old disability rights advocate in California. Laurie drowned in the Sacramento River after a July 4 celebration. She was well-loved and accomplished. She’d served as a chief deputy director of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities for five years and wrote books about […]
Part II – Accessibility cannot be not an issue anymore. Accessibility is sexy and trending.
For a long time accessibility and hospitality were worlds apart. Sometimes, that one room for wheelchair users at the end of the hall way, with a terrible view, had only 1 bed.
Accessibility cannot be not an issue anymore
For a long time accessibility and hospitality were worlds apart. Sometimes, that one room for wheelchair users at the end of the hall way, with a terrible view, had only 1 bed.
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.
Project Sidewalk
Despite comprehensive civil rights legislation for Americans with disabilities, many city streets, sidewalks, and businesses in the US remain inaccessible. The problem is not just that sidewalk accessibility fundamentally affects where and how people move about in cities but also that there are few, if any, ways to easily determine accessible areas of a city.
Building Fitness Trackers That Work For People With Disabilities
Fitness and weight tracking can help stop obesity, but for people with disabilities, they often don’t work at all.
New England ADA Center
Located in Boston at the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) | This ADA Center provides access to information and guidance on disability rights laws and codes. IHCD provides education and consultation about best practices that go beyond legal requirements to design places, things, communication and policy that promote design that works for everyone across the […]