Accessibility matters in every community
Creative employment for blind women In India is a unique business. Its focus is to integrate people with sight problems into society through an employment initiative. The project named, Made In The Dark is a jewelry brand that enables blind women in India to create designs using their sense of smell. Project Creation Created through a collaboration
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Encouraging business to be accessible in Canada is no small feat. Canada is, after all, a vast country. However, if Canada, and Ontario in particular, really wanted to increase accessibility then encouraging businesses to be accessible needs to become a priority. One avenue would be to create programs where tax incentives could be provided to
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All about the chair! This is hands down just one of the best things I’ve seen on Youtube in a while. Heather Schouten and her unknown friend did an excellent job of writing and singing this song. There is plenty that I could write here… but frankly, the video says it best. A Must Watch
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Good news for the deaf community. Video relay service, or VRS, is a service that enables people to have video conversations over the Internet, this is good news for deaf community communication ability. SRV Canada VRS is offered in Canada and is available in four languages, ASL/English and LSQ/French. It brings Deaf or Hard of
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QRamp™ is a relatively new ramping system that is making quite a bit of buzz for itself in the accessibility world and rightly so because it is simply a fantastic product. QRamp accessible home ramps meet all the checks and balances and then some. I had the pleasure of interviewing the folks at QRamp a while back.
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Stopgap portable ramps The people behind the stopgap portable ramps program (namely co-founder Luke Anderson) put into action the saying “be the change you want to see”. We could all learn a thing or two from this group. They have created an innovative, brightly coloured portable ramp product. In the process, they also bring visibility to an
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Whether access information is important to you or not, let’s all be the change for access. YOU can help make a difference for people who need to know about access by sending reviews through your phone on an app. AXSmap changing access is a free app – from Canada, which aims to make the world
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Imagine being a part of providing 700 hands to people around the globe in need. Give me a hand is an amazing project. It’s hard to believe that 3D printed hands are possible, or that any parts of the human anatomy can be built and be functional thanks to the technology of 3D printing, and
OGO – Now we’re talking! A wheelchair known as the OGO is currently not yet released to the public but it has a lot of people with mobility challenges excited. This wheelchair moves hands-free. That’s right NO hands are required to propel this device. The OGO designed by Kevin Halsall, an engineer from New Zealand, has
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Finger Reader Visual Aid One of the problems with Braille is that it’s typically printed in special books. Generally, such books are only available from bookstores and libraries that cater to the blind. Now there is the finger reader visual aid and it can go anywhere. The Finger Reader, from MIT provides visually impaired readers
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Talkitt speech enabling device For people who lack the ability to speak due to weak muscles or who have disabilities like Cerebral Palsy (CP) the talkitt speech enabling device can be life-changing. Talkitt makes it possible for people with speech disabilities to communicate using their own voice – and works with any language! An innovative
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Disabled Diversity Dolls Toys help children learn about their environment, disabled diversity dolls will go a long way. Dolls and other toys help children to understand social relating and hopefully instill the joy of stretching their imagination. Technology has certainly made a huge impact on the business of toy making but even so, children
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If you have ever had an MRI or CT scan then you will relate to some of the difficulties people face when they first see the machine. Test length depends on the particular test being done and the area of the body being scanned. Regardless of the time factor, the entire process can be anxiety-provoking.
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Disability movie portrayals are impactful and tell us a lot about our social climate. This is a little dated but too good not to share. To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) back in 2012, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) dedicated a month to explore a history
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Blood work robot How do you feel about going for blood work and having it taken by a blood work robot? Many people are squeamish when it comes to having blood drawn. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like the whole process, everything from the sight of blood, the feel of the plastic
Bionic Eyes – hope for retinal disease Bionic eyes bring hope for millions of people losing their vision because of age and other disease-related factors. The very idea of losing your sight is frightening, and sadly this is the reality many face. This bionic eyeball might look like it’s been plucked from the skull of
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