Stories
How can Virtual Reality technology help persons with disabilities?
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths." This is the opening line of the book "The less travelled road" from Scott Peck. When I first...
My experience navigating through the mental health hospital system
I clearly remember my very first psychiatric hospital admission. I was put on ITO (Involuntary Treatment Order) at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. I...
What has my mental illness taught me about life?
Not all medications that are trialled will work the very first time of trying. There are many trials and errors. The right combination of medications will come with...
Innovation in Braille self-learning could empower blind people in India
India’s Braille literacy rates are at an abysmal low of less than one percent. The shortage of trained educators is one of the greatest impediments in the spread...
A faulty wheelchair and 13-month battle for fixing accountability for £4000 loss
How a faulty battery and thirteen-month long legal battle highlighted the need for protecting the interests of people with disabilities while hiring wheelchairs or...
What I’ve learned about my disability during COVID-19
The Coronavirus pandemic has been very difficult for me, like most people with disabilities, as I struggled to figure out how to navigate the disruption in...
The ADA is turns 30, but the built environment is still far from inclusive
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) turns 30 last month, everyone whose work impacts the built environment — architects, engineers, urban designers,...
Electric wheelchair market needs disruption and ‘tech giants’
Stop waiting for the next Permobil or Sunrise Medical Quickie. What the electric-powered wheelchair market needs is a tech giant, writes Colin Hughes. I have...
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: it’s a major news story
The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 30 this year. For people with disabilities, the ADA is their federal civil rights protection - equal to the Civil Rights Act...
