How do you make dance accessible to people of all abilities? DanceAbility, a local collaboration between the Tori Lynn Andreozzi Foundation and the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Narragansett, seeks to answer that question.
The groundbreaking for a long-awaited inclusive playground in Pearland has been moved up to Sept. 26 after project organizers saw they could start sooner than previously projected.
With an aging population, many in their later years struggle with mobility issues. In fact, by some statistics, nearly one in every 200 people need some kind of accessible ramp for their home. In this segment of Made in Mass, Doug Meehan introduces us to Amramp Accessibility, a local company that has made its mission to help people find their forward.
There’s a direct frankness to the way 6-year-olds see the world that would be easy to mistake for rudeness. But Daija Coleman knows better. On the first day of her first year as a first-grade teacher, Coleman knew her Jardine Elementary School students would be curious. Why was she in a wheelchair? Because her legs don’t work quite like theirs. Why did they always have to take the big ramp connecting the school’s first and second floors? Same reason.
Like many people who trek up Mount Etna in Sicily, Sylvia Longmire wanted to see the top of an active volcano. And overlooking the black crater, she thought, “This would make a great Instagram photo.” And it was a great photo — until she realized she was stuck.
How well do airlines adhere to ADA guidelines when it comes to serving their passengers with mobility limitations? Bounce collected information from the Air Travel Consumer Reports for the first quarter of 2022 to rank airlines based on how often they mishandle wheelchairs and scooters. Information for this analysis was released by the U.S. Department of Transportation using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Founded in 1998 by Julian Gordon, Amramp has continued to grow as the leading provider of modular wheelchair ramps, stairlifts, grab bars, vertical platform lifts and other accessibility solutions.
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