Bringing Accessible Design to More People Than Ever
NewsHour Weekend’s talks to New York City’s Digital Accessibility Coordinator about the importance of accessible design and tours an exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum that highlights these advancements.
Why Accessibility Needs to Evolve Into Design for Everyone, By Everyone
A film screening and discussion about an argument that will become louder in the next generation, as universal design comes to shape our built environments and other aspects of our lives.
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.
Apple proposes new accessibility emoji to include guide dogs and prosthetic limbs
Apple today submitted an official proposal to the Unicode Consortium, requesting a greater variety of emoji representing those with disabilities.
People with Disabilities Drive Innovation
Employees with disabilities drive innovation. Inventive solutions to an impairment lead to advances in science and technology.
AI’s problem with disability and diversity
In machine learning, the computer looks at data and creates patterns to help it understand the world. It predicts how things will act in the future, and then make decisions based on those predictions. One of the things holding back improving machine learning systems for people with disabilities and other outliers is the use of proprietary software.
Brick by brick, Lego diversifies its toys with a minifigure in a wheelchair
Lego unveiled its first-ever minifigure in a wheelchair, which first appeared at international toy fairs this week. Donning a beanie and hoodie, the male plastic figure is part of the company’s upcoming “Fun in the Park” set.
The Next Phase of Inclusive Fashion: Designing for the Disabled
It’s an understatement to say that those of us with free range of movement in our arms and legs don’t realize how easy it is to shop for clothes.
The Myth of Disability ‘Sob Stories’
Accommodations serve the invaluable purpose of ensuring the human dignity of people with disabilities — our ability to participate in society as completely as possible without being de facto quarantined for “defects” in a world that prizes fitness and forgets that disability is the most fluid identity category of all.
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.