Until the early 1980s, many public toilets in Japan were minimally equipped with only the necessary basic fixtures. They were dirty, dimly lit and smelly, with insufficient cleaning. At that time, many public toilets were called 4K (Kurai, Kowai, Kitanai, Kusai in Japanese) meaning “Dark, Scary…
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The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ (CDMRP), Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) consumer advocate Gary Talbot recently participated in the evaluation of research applications submitted to the SCIRP. Gary Talbot was nominated for participation in the program by the…
Please join the November webinar trainings on the intersection of the ADA and COVID 19, web accessibility and nonapparent disabilities offered by the New England ADA.
The ADA Coalition of Connecticut (ADACC) State, CT
Friday, November 6, 2020
Conference
Web…
The Universal Design Initiative for Africans (UDIA) Stakeholder Series is an advocacy and education effort designed to ignite thoughts on how to promote the practice of Universal Design in Nigeria. The current series will focus on the role of designers in inclusion – how designers can ensure…
Please join the October webinar trainings on complying with ADA and the intersection of the ADA and COVID 19 offered by the New England ADA.
Disability Language and Etiquette
Friday, October 30, 2020
Webinar
Virtual
10:30 am-11:45 am…
"All sports for all people.“
- Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of the Modern Olympic Games
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum (USOPM) opened in Colorado Springs, CO, on July 31, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, with the goal of becoming one of the most…
Sustaining Inclusive Design is a virtual symposium taking place on September 25th and 26th, hosted by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and Loughborough University in the UK.
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director of IHCD, will be keynoting a session on September 25…
Thirty years after the passage of the ADA, thousands of people in addiction recovery are unaware of their civil rights under the law. The ADA addresses alcohol and substance use disorders differently. Learn about these differences in an article by Dr. Oce Harrison, …
Today, more than ever, vital watchwords for museums and cultural organizations are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — DEI. An “A,” meaning accessibility for people with disabilities, is sometimes inserted into the alphabet message — DEAI; but often, even if accessibility is proclaimed important…
Virtual Documentary Film Premiere: Changing Reality of Disability in America 2020 on August 19, 2020
In this year like no other, it’s time to tell the story of the ways in which inequity and racism have shaped the experience of disability in America. We celebrate lives well lived and personal journeys pursued. But those stories remain the exception. There are millions of Americans with…