Stories
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...
Rutgers couple shares personal connection to disability research as the ADA turns 30
On July 26, 1990, when President George H.W. Bush’s signature was drying on the Americans with Disabilities Act, a young Rutgers economics professor named...
Pandemic poses unique challenges for people who are Deafblind
In a global scenario where social interaction, even touching between persons should be avoided, deafblind persons interaction faces many...
Creating a better self in the Coronavirus lockdown
Can you imagine an athlete who right now walks 11 minutes per kilometer was at once upon a time not able to even walk for 1 km without pain? I was born without...
