Bathroom Talk
by RollingRainsLet’s face it. For those of us with spinal cord injuries and many people with mobility impairments bathrooms and bodily processes come up more often in our conversations than is the national average. The Best Little Outhouse in Town! An... Read more »
Open Letter to José Manuel Barroso from the European Disability Forum
by RollingRainsOpen Letter to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission: Brussels, 22 April 2008 Dear President, It is with great satisfaction that I am writing to you, following public announcements made by your services that a proposal... Read more »
Skype presenta un servicio de videollamada para sordos (Spanish)
by RollingRainsMadrid. (EFE).- Las personas sordas podrán comunicarse a través de una aplicación de videollamada on line de alta calidad que se ha presentado hoy por Skype y Logitech en la Asociación de Sordos de Madrid. Más información sobre enlace... Read more »
Talking Bus Stops
by RollingRainsThe e-government Awards in the UK recognize innovation. Talking bus stops in the Brighton & Hove City Council Sustainable Transport system won the award in 2007. http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15193&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 In... Read more »
Building Comfortable Environments for All Conference
by RollingRains“BUILDING COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL” CONFERENCE May 15-16, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia CIB Conference Website CATEA is pleased to join the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building (CIB),the National Research... Read more »
Accessibility Means More Than Entry for Wheelchairs
by RollingRainsThis article from the Cape Cod Times explores disability and citizenship. You can read the whole article here. Every town on the Cape holds its town meeting in a location that at least meets the minimum standards to be accessible to voters who... Read more »
Reatech Disability Expo
by RollingRainsReatech is a disability expo in Sao Paulo Brazil. This year there will be a significant contingent representing Inclusive tourism. Presenters on the topic will attend from the US, Argentina, Nicaragua, and throughout Brazil. Read More →
Announcing the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC)
by RollingRainsI take his development to be a positive sign. This announcement was in my Inbox when I got home today: The Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) is a new non-profit organization that has been established to promote the adoption of universal... Read more »
A Tool for designers to Simulate Disability
by RollingRainsReuters has done a story on the suit car designers use to to experience disability. See the full article but note this attention to market realities justifying Universal Design: Launched in a rapidly graying nation where over 40 percent of the... Read more »
Airline Services to Deaf Passengers
by RollingRainsThere is quite furor spreading through the Philippines, Australia, and Southeast Asia about the treatment of deaf airline passengers and rightly so. It is the slippery slope phenomenon affecting those with mobility impairments, service animals,... Read more »
