The war in Ukraine and how it affects people with disabilities
inclusion-europe.eu
Inclusion Europe organised a call with the VGO Coalition partner organisation to discuss how the war in Ukraine affects families with children with disabilities.
Bringing shelter to the Ukrainian Blind refugees, Olga Mahler would not be anywhere else right now
blindabilities.com
Olga Mahler joins Jeff Thompson from Warsaw, Poland where she and her husband are helping accommodate visually Blind and Visually Impaired refugees from Ukraine with shelter, assistance, a bed and working with a Swedish non-profit A Demand for Action.
People with intellectual disabilities and families in Ukraine affected by Russian war - updates
inclusion-europe.eu
Ukraine: People with intellectual disabilities mustn't be abandoned.
WDSD aims to raise awareness for Down Syndrome in Indonesia
disabilityinsider.com
Deputy Mayor of Tangerang Sachrudin expects that Down Syndrome Day would raise public awareness to foster greater open-mindedness and care for children with disabilities near them.
Video: Just The Two Of Us | CoorDown | World Down Syndrome Day 2022
youtube.com
People with Down syndrome have the right to an independent love life.
Phrases that you might not realize are ableist
sheribyrnehaber.medium.com
Calling out ableist language is the first step to rehabilitating a disability non-inclusive environment.
Liverpool University Press: Journals: Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
Focusing on representations of disability, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies publishes a wide variety of textual analyses that are informed by disability theory and, by extension, experiences of disability.
New York moves to change ‘emotional disturbance’ label
ny.chalkbeat.org
The current terminology, advocates and families say, disparages students with behavioral differences and is applied disproportionately to Black students.
Kick-Start Your Writing Career With The Disability & Journalism Forum
disabilityhorizons.com
Join the Disability & Journalism Forum this March at its virtual event, with talks from industry experts, to kick-start your career in journalism.
Don't forget people with disabilities in inclusive language efforts, report says
hrdive.com
Businesses may be dropping the ball on accessibility in a major (but easy-to-fix) way.
Beyond The Wheelchair: Why Event Organizers Should Care About Sensory Accessibility
forbes.com
As events and experiences open up around the globe, it’s important to keep accessibility and inclusion for all individuals regardless of type of disability in mind.
Why Cerebral Palsy Awareness Is Vital This Month (and Every Month)
themighty.com
"We are striving for understanding, but most importantly, we are looking for acceptance."
Walking With Joaquin
youtube.com
What Diana is most proud of is what she has learned from her brother, Joaquin, as well as her family’s relentless journey to win him a life of freedom and quality in the community. Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed. has been an educator for over 20 years. She is a consultant and trainer on diversity as it relates to disability and is the author of several articles and books on the topic, as well as the author of children’s books, Ed Roberts: Father of Disability Rights, and All the Muchos in the World. Her Ability Awareness work has earned her statewide PTA recognitions in the areas of advocacy and outreach, as well as her school’s designation of Teacher of the Year. She has also been featured on several radio programs, and served two terms on the Board of Directors of Disability Rights California. What Diana is most proud of is what she has learned from her brother, Joaquin, as well as her family’s relentless journey to win him a life of freedom and quality in the community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Redefining Self-Care When Parenting a Child With Disabilities
themighty.com
"What exactly are we supposed to give up to get away and take care of ourselves? Therapy? Appointments? IEP meetings?"
Feeling Seen After Being Diagnosed With a Learning Disability
themighty.com
"Fanny was a gift to me."
People Keep Telling Me I'm 'Too Young To Be Sick.' Here's What They Don't Understand
huffpost.com
“It’s the small things — like being told that I’m ‘making things out to be worse than they are’ or that I’m ‘not being positive enough’ — that can hurt more than my illness.”
What I Want Myself to Know When My Chronic Pain Comes Back
themighty.com
"I want you to remember these things..."
Chronic Pain Patients, the Other Opioid Crisis Victims
nytimes.com
Opioid prescriptions are down, but overdose deaths remain high, and certain patients have lost relief.
Figuring Out What Caused My Inflammation and Improving My Chronic Pain
themighty.com
"I gained back control and improved my quality of my life."
Why NOT Doing Something Can Take So Much Energy With Chronic Illness
themighty.com
Have you experienced this?
How radical acceptance of my disabled body made a mess (and clarity) of my gender acceptance
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
I am writing from a coffee shop, my favorite one in the Twin Cities, sipping an iced vanilla latte. This is a thing I do every morning when I am out of the hospital and in the real world—a reward I offer myself for waking up every day and trying again. This can be a hard thing for me, trying.
Finding Acceptance When You Live With a Health Condition
themighty.com
Find out what helped these Mighties reach a place of acceptance with their health.
Invisible Institutions Podcast
invisibleinstitutions.com
Invisible Institutions is a new documentary podcast by Megan Linton exploring the past and present of institutions for people labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Canada.
What Black Disabled Women Want
yesmagazine.org
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
Part One: Badass Disabled Women from History You Should Know About
lcelliott2.medium.com
International Women’s Month is the perfect time to draw attention to the many women who have been overlooked throughout history in favour of their more privileged male counterparts. But one demographic who are frequently missing from these round-ups are disabled women.
Part Two: Badass Disabled Women of Colour Who Made History
lcelliott2.medium.com
Being a disabled woman has its own unique challenges, as the intersections of patriarchy and ableism constantly inter-play.
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jane Dryden
biopoliticalphilosophy.com
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the eighty-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for discussion with disabled philosophers about a range of topics, including their philosophical work on disability; the place of philosophy of disability vis-à-vis the discipline and profession; their experiences of institutional discrimination and exclusion, as well as personal and structural gaslighting in philosophy in particular and in academia more generally; resistance to ableism, racism, sexism, and other apparatuses of power; accessibility; and anti-oppressive pedagogy.
How ‘hiya,’ ‘kapwa’ and other cultural values play a role in Filipino American mental health
latimes.com
Filipino American cultural values contribute to a strong sense of community but may also lead to nuanced challenges when navigating depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.
Helen Keller’s Legacy: A Socialist and Suffragist Who Pushed Boundaries
teenvogue.com
Keller was an activist who was under FBI surveillance for most of her life.
Disability advocates condemn ‘Inappropriate’ sentence for Ann Marie Smith carer
disabilityinsider.com
Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy body has condemned the sentence handed down to disability support worker Rosa Maria Maione for the manslaughter of Adelaide resident Ann Marie Smith as manifestly inappropriate for such a shocking crime.
I Thought It Wasn't Respectable to Be Blind
meriahnichols.com
Recently I caught up with blind activist Stacy Cervenka* who added a lot to my understanding of the profound need for more, and deeper, cross-disability-community work to combat ableism, internalized and otherwise. We also discussed the need for greater disability-culture competency within the disability community itself, in order to foster genuine and meaningful inclusion.
Once when I was paralyzed
jodihausen.substack.com
Thoughts on ableism from a wheelchair.
BBC Film About The Rise Of The Disability Discrimination Act
disabilityhorizons.com
Then Barbara Met Alan is a factual drama that tells the true story of how two disability activists who became the trailblazers for disability rights in Britain and help make the Government create the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
Nyle DiMarco on Oscar nomination, deaf representation in Hollywood
today.com
Actor and activist Nyle DiMarco made history as the first deaf contestant to win “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing with the Stars” and he’s now celebrating his film “Audible” being nominated for an Oscar. Dimarco joins TODAY to talk about the film and his hopes for deaf representation in the entertainment industry moving forward. “I want to challenge Hollywood in the future, when making deaf content, to bring deaf people behind the camera, so that the stories we’re telling are authentic,” he says.
Feeling Like You’re the Underdog in a Movie With Chronic Illness
themighty.com
"Our audiences might be crying with us and simultaneously pumping their fists in the air."
Why the BBC drama Then Barbara Met Alan brought tears to my eyes
theguardian.com
To see on primetime television the fight for disability rights in the 1990s was a profoundly moving moment, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan.
Then Barbara Met Alan review – a rollicking, fact-based drama with a rock biography’s swagger
theguardian.com
This nimble biopic tells the tale of a comedian and a musician, both with disabilities, who were fed up of being patronised and marginalised. Their protest-packed tale is perfect for our times.
First deaf ‘Bachelor’ contestant, Abigail Heringer, on why her disability doesn’t define her
sg.news.yahoo.com
The 27-year-old talks about living with cochlear implants in honor of Deaf History Month.
Millicent Simmonds: ‘I Want To See Disabled People Portrayed As Not Struggling’
elle.com
Bafta Rising Star Award Nominee Millicent Simmonds on the absence of deaf role models and why she wants to see a deaf woman in space on our screens next…
Video: I’MPOSSIBLE – Ellie Goldstein
youtube.com
Impossible is nothing for Ellie, who’s been dancing her way to fame since she was five years old. The model and dancer shares more than just her face with the world—she's spreading a message of positivity and inclusivity to change the fashion game.
Model and Disabilities Advocate Ellie Goldstein Shares Why Nothing Is Impossible
shape.com
Plus, how she's "living her best life," in every way.
Australian advertisers striving for inclusiveness through disability representation
abc.net.au
Conversations are brewing around creative tables about how advertising can better represent Australians living with a disability, as diversity success stories emerge in defiance of a harmful culture of exclusion.
Adaptive Fashion Is in the Spotlight at Runway of Dreams in Los Angeles
vogue.com
Zappos, Kohl’s, Tommy Hilfiger, JCPenney, and ascendant labels like No Limbits all participated in LA’s Runway of Dreams adaptive fashion show.
Starbucks commits to a higher standard of accessibility
nrn.com
The coffee chain committed to offering new technologies and design standards to improve inclusivity; will also open 1,000 more community stores by 2030.
“… Or we could do nothing”: Why business can't be "neutral" on disability
startingwithjulius.org.au
I recently met with the marketing team of a large Australian business. I had reached out to them and we had arranged to meet over a coffee to discuss how their advertising could be more inclusive of people with disability and, from my perspective, why it should be more representative.
Accessible Skydiving and the Guy Who Made It Happen for Me
newmobility.com
The instructor who opened the skies and to show how liberating skydiving can be.
Access no areas: the day wheelchair activists stopped the traffic
theguardian.com
Letter: Prof Gerry Leavey remembers a 1990s protest in London’s Oxford Street – which ended up as a courtroom farce.
MaaS, Micromobility and Making Transport Accessible
futuretransport-news.com
Micromobility and MaaS are a winning combination, however, mobility operators need to pay attention to making their services both accessible and equitable.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
stanford.ebookhost.net
Strategies, tools, and ideas for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses.
How Analytics Helps With Creating Accessible Digital Customer Experiences
cmswire.com
Accessibility has become a growing influence on design and UX today. Apps operate on more devices that are not a tablet or phone. This impacts services that physically-impaired and visually-impaired consumers use, as well as expands the application of assistive tech aids.
Blueprint for radical redesign of care for children with disabilities published
disabilityinsider.com
Some of the world’s leading experts on autism have published a redesigned care pathway for children with autism and their families based on early detection and family involvement.
Accessibility will be the next battleground for brands looking to win online - but it won’t be ea…
internetretailing.net
Retail news, research and analysis for ecommerce and multichannel professionals.
Department Of Justice Announces New Web Accessibility Guidelines
forbes.com
In a press release published last week, the United States Department of Justice announced the inclusion of web accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act, colloquially known as the ADA.
What can urban sprawl teach us about UX design issues?
techtarget.com
Design sprawl can create unintended consequences, specifically UX design issues. Here's how to shed bad design habits and ensure that users come first.
A strong need for more accessible public sector websites
capgemini.com
For public sector digital transformation to be beneficial to all, people must be able to use government and local authority websites and mobile apps, regardless of their visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive abilities. This ambition is in line with the EU’s digital targets for 2030, which include the determination to have key public services 100 percent online. For this, the services have to work for everyone.
Why offering web accessibility is good business for agencies
adage.com
Accessible websites enhance important agency practices like performance marketing, while proactively promoting an inclusive atmosphere on the web.
The Future Of Web Accessibility: WCAG 3.0
forbes.com
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have evolved to accommodate the changing needs of people and the demands of current technology.
Scaling Accessibility
octo.vmware.com
In a recent virtual conference, Judith Heumann, an American disability-rights activist, said something that stuck with me: “Movement is never one person…it’s groups who fight together to improve their lives and the lives of others.”
ACCESS 2022
3playmedia.com
Learn from industry leaders on why diversity, accessibility, and inclusivity are essential for a successful workplace.
Zoom Continues to Miss the Boat on True Accessibility
livingwithhearingloss.com
"Please enable the audio so I can participate in your Zoom meeting," said no one ever. So, why is advance notice still needed for captioning?
Microsoft Edge can now auto-generate image descriptions, improving accessibility
windowscentral.com
Microsoft Edge's latest update makes it a more accessible browser than ever before. For anyone with sight impairments who needs the contents of unlabeled images described to them, Edge can now do the job.
Universal Control is finally here, making iPads and Macs even more useful
techradar.com
The long-promised feature is part of macOS 12.3
Menus4ALL - 50,000 Accessible Restaurant Menus
menus4all.com
Accessible restaurant menus organized by cuisine for screenreaders, braille displays, and offering low vision settings. Offering contactless restaurant menus for sighted folks now too for restaurant owners. Another accessible product being adopted by the entire world. The Visually Impaired world says, "your welcome"!
Zwift to add Adaptive Athlete Representation to the platform
cyclingnews.com
The indoor cycling app commits to true-to-life equipment and avatar integration but has not committed to a deadline.
The Future of Accessibility at Ubisoft
news.ubisoft.com
Senior Manager of Accessibility David Tisserand discusses how far the accessibility team has come and where they’re going.
Deaf teen, who inspired over 80,000 Brits to learn sign language in lockdown, is back
ablemagazine.co.uk
A Deaf teen who inspired over 80 thousand people to start learning British Sign Language during the UK’s first lockdown, has become the animated star of a new product aimed at raising money for charity and getting more people using BSL.
Creating ‘SPACES’ with James Ian & Zack and Zarek Elizondo
judithheumann.com
This episode, Judy interviews James Ian, and Zack and Zarek Elizondo. The three worked together with many others to create the song and music video SPACES, which was sponsered by Genentech as a part of the SMA My Way program, which was built to support and raise awareness for the Spinal Muscular Atrophy community.
How Closed Captioning & Interactive Transcripts Impact Student Learning
go.3playmedia.com
This study was designed to shed light on the educational value of both closed captioning and interactive transcripts in lecture-based online courses.
Who Needs a Podcast Transcription Service?
3playmedia.com
In this blog, we'll go over why you might want to use a podcast transcription service for editing and publishing your show.
How to Transcribe Your Podcast for Free
rss.com
You’ve likely read a post or two about why you should include the transcripts of your podcast episodes on your website.
Optometrist’s warning over dangerous TikTok trends
newsletter.co.uk
Social media users taking part in viral TikTok challenges are putting themselves at risk of blindness, an expert has warned.
How TikTok has become a dangerous breeding ground for mental disorders
diverseabilitymagazine.com
Recently, psychologists have noticed a wave of adolescent girls also claiming to suffer from Tourette’s Syndrome and rare mental health conditions.
The global cost of visual impairment
openaccessgovernment.org
250 million people suffer from visual impairment at a global cost of $3 trillion, Translational Imaging Innovations explain.
We’re Closer to Curing Blindness Than Most People Realize
insidehook.com
Bionic eyes, stem cells, gene therapies ... visual impairment better watch its back.
Eight steps to a more inclusive event
sheribyrnehaber.medium.com
Making events more accessible makes them more consumable and a better experience for all your participants.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
coachella.com
Amplifying the intersectionality of BIPOC people with disabilities - creating a path through hands-on experience to be a part of a new festival future.
Why Major League Baseball Needs To Understand The Disability Experience To Shape Its Future
forbes.com
The column explores the value of the Disability Narrative as a building block for a healthier workplace culture in Major League Baseball and its fans.
Lauren Steadman talks Paralympic Games, sportscasting and representation
19thnews.org
Paralympian sportscaster Lauren Steadman spoke with The 19th about representation and why it’s OK to stare.
Disabled women ‘must be involved’ in designing solutions to ‘triple whammy’ of barriers
disabilitynewsservice.com
Disabled women must be involved in designing solutions to the “triple whammy” of barriers they have faced during the pandemic, according to a new report by a Scottish disabled people’s organisation.
Sensory tech for inclusive performances at Melbourne Design Week
disabilityinsider.com
People with disabilities will have the world of music opened to them at this year’s Melbourne Design Week, with performances involving hi-tech instruments that use sensory technology to convert movement into sound and visuals.
Scope Disability Equality Awards
scopeawards.co.uk
Award categories How to nominate If you think you or someone you know falls within those categories, you can submit a nomination using the nomination form. Before filling in the form, please make sure you read how to enter.
Rebecca A Withey: ‘signsinging for fun’ sessions, aimed at reducing isolation
limpingchicken.com
Back when we were following lockdown restrictions, I ran a sign singing course online with Kakou music called Fusion Music and was blown away by the positive response we had.
Women’s Disability Rights Should Not Only Exist on Paper in Mexico
hrw.org
Last week, thousands of women in Mexico took to the streets to commemorate International Women’s Day – including many women with disabilities. Seeking to be visible sisters of the movement, they are demanding inclusion in services provided for women, particularly related to gender-based violence.
People with disabilities left behind by telemedicine and other pandemic medical innovations
edition.cnn.com
As the country enters Year 3 of the pandemic emergency, people with disabilities across the United States are still finding it difficult to use innovations in telemedicine, teleworking and testing.
Crippen suggests that we don’t fall into the trap of rewriting our history
disabilityarts.online
Like thousands of other Crips, I sat back with eager anticipation to watch the BBC film Then Barbara met Alan. OK, it was intended as a work of fiction and not as the definitive record of our fight for civil rights, but I’m sure a few people will be a tad disappointed this morning with regard to the overall impression it left.
What does a 'return to normal' mean for the immunocompromised?
the1a.org
Fewer people masking up in public means greater risk for those with weakened immune systems.
They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims
propublica.org
The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.
Memory And Concentration Problems Affect 70% Of Long Covid Patients
forbes.com
If you experienced fatigue, dizziness, and headaches during your initial Covid illness, the risk of post infection memory and concentration issues later on are far higher.
Covid is making more people disabled and exposing America's tattered safety net
msnbc.com
America’s safety net is already strained, but Washington has shown little interest in strengthening it.
The Hidden Epidemic of Brain Injuries From Domestic Violence
nytimes.com
Research shows that survivors of abuse can sustain head trauma more often than football players. But they are almost never diagnosed.
Why Do Some People Never Get Covid?
nytimes.com
Two years into the pandemic, a Covid mystery remains.