Body AS Art
For people who use prosthetics and are tired of trying to fit in this is new twist on body AS art. UK’s Alternative Limb Project is helping that particular audience express them self and boost their self-esteem, with fashionable, unconventional prosthetics. This company/project was founded by Sophie de Oliveira Barata, a graduate of the London Arts University who specialized in special effects for film and television. The project aims to enable amputation patients to creatively customize their...
QRamp
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 hands down. It meets all the checks and balances and then some. We had the pleasure of interviewing Derek McGivern...
How Change Could Happen...
If Canada and Ontario in particular really wants to encourage business to be accessible they might consider offering tax incentives like the United States offers to businesses.It is not rocket science; we all know it is all about the money. Personally I don’t think forcing business out...
Diversity Dolls
Toys help children learn about their environment, understand about social relating and hopeful instill the joy of stretching their imagination. Technology has certainly made a huge impact on the business of toy making but even so children still need hands-on objects. After all, it is...
eMENUs
Initially when restaurants installed wheelchair ramps they expected them to help and be used by wheelchair users, however it soon became apparent they were a huge benefit to other customers as well. Mothers with strollers, people who used walkers, the Elderly to name only a few, and it...
Hibernation
Whenever we think of hibernation we think of bears. Likely because of childhood fairytales and storybooks that focused on the fact that bears slept through the winter months. Considering the amount of cold winds and snowfalls we have endured this winter who could blame them? Hibernation...
Employment Creativity
In India a business is making an effort to integrate those with sight problems into society. Made In The Dark is a jewelry brand enabling blind women in India to create designs using their sense of smell. Created through a collaboration between three Royal College of Art students in the...
Thinking Universally
Great news for techy’s with dexterity limitations. There is now a Plug-and-play devise that adapts for iOS. The rise of touchscreen devices could leave people with less dexterity behind. Thinking universally, the pererro device from UK-based assistive technology RSL Steeper is a...
Big Disappointment
Everyone experiences disappointments but my recent unexpected vacation disappointment unfolded like a pilot script for a reality show. What was hoped to be the vacation of all vacations turned out to be a harrowing test of personal fortitude. Let’s start with the fact that traveling...
Big Holiday
It has been a while since I have taken a big holiday. The kind where you count the days until it’s take off time. Over the summer months I did however enjoy attending various wonderful music festivals that were located close enough to allow for small weekend type excursions. My partner...
Christmas Kindness
Here is a Christmas message that I recorded for the Royal City Rag Christmas show. I thought I would share it here for anyone who follows me on Accessibility Matters Radio or facebook page. Susan’s Christmas 2012 message: With the holiday season now upon us, I think a lot of people...
Niche Factor
Just over a month ago I wrote an article entitled No Surprises about the challenges associated with buying and selling accessible homes. To compliment the article we also talked with a Toronto Realtor on our radio show and then provided a sample of a current accessible home listing at...
Enable Talk
You may have heard the saying, talking heads, well now we are soon to have talking gloves! It amazes me how far technology has come over the past few years. For people with disabilities many technical aids and devices have been life changing and this is yet another example soon to...
Show me the moo…n...
Show me the money. Basically this is what a business says to their customers. In response I say, Ok… will do, provided I can get in to do my shopping and pay. We all know businesses are in business to make a profit so it would be sensible for them cast a wide net to reel in as many...
No Surprises
The best surprise is no surprise. That was the advertising slogan from the 1970’s for Holiday Inn Hotels. Started by Kesmmons Wilson in the mid fifties, Holiday Inns’ offered a level of standard to travelers touring America. People were assured there would be NO surprises at Holiday...
Disability @ The Movies
To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) on July 26, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will dedicate the month of October to exploring the ways people with disabilities have been portrayed in film. On behalf of Inclusion in the Arts, Lawrence...
Symphony Please!
If you want to have a delightful Sunday afternoon then I’d suggest you take in the symphony. Guelph’s symphony Orchestra (GSO) will be launching into their 2012/2013 season on October 21st at 3pm with Symphonie Fantastique. Accordion soloist, Joseph Macerollo, will also be performing...accessibility matters radio
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