Groundbreaking for Inclusive Playground in Texas This Week
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.
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Disabled Teacher Instructs First-Graders About Disability
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.
Accessible Festivals Grant Program Offers Free Tickets
In 2007 Austin Whitney was injured in a car accident that severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the waist down. After eight months battling depression and anxiety about living with a disability, he attended Coachella, his first music festival, and had a transformative experience.
On Anniversary of ADA, USDOT Announces Winners of its First-Ever Inclusive Design Challenge
The USDOT created the Inclusive Design Challenge to spur innovation in automated vehicle accessibility, encourage collaboration, and explore new designs and technologies. The winners for the challenge are:
Five Ways to Advance Workplace Accessibility for Employees with Disabilities
The more inclusive and empathetic our workplace is, the better equipped we will be to Destigmatise, Communicate, Assist, Share and Protect those with disabilities in the workplace.
Was the Pope’s wheelchair ramp a special build?
Amramp Edmonton worked closely with Encore event management to design and install a safe sturdy ramp and platform for Pope Francis to access the stage with his wheelchair in a dignified way…but what was different about it?
