Solving problems of inclusion and equalityRecently I was in Washington, D.C., at an education event. The event was hosted by the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG), which is made up of education partners working in Accelerated Education (AE). The AEWG is currently led by UNHCR, with representatives from UNICEF, UNESCO, USAID, ECCN, NRC, Plan, IRC, Save the Children, and War […]
SpecialEffect is a charity that targets something which often gets overlooked – people with physical disabilities have lives beyond simply ‘being disabled’ and want to enjoy themselves. We provide the specialist technology, advice and support for everyone to benefit from the fun, friendship and inclusion of video games, leisure technology and communication. We know there’s […]
Joe Thomas is a writer and website developer from the UK. He enjoys creating useful information for those who suffer from all kinds of disabilities, and also raising awareness on certain issues. The Benefits of Hiring People with Autism In the UK there are more than 700,000 individuals living with autism, however, less than 15% […]
The Royal Society of Chemistry have just put up a disability-focused report I wrote for them. The report was interesting to research and write, and the team were smart and fun to work with. I’d like to use this post to show some good practice things that the RSC did that I’d like other large […]
Today’s gust feature is from Hannah Scoones who has just launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund Band-it. I asked her to share her story. One of the difficulties if you have lost some of your sight is navigating everyday objects. Things that are straightforward to do with full vision, such as cooking a meal or […]
Today’s guest feature is by Cory Thomas, CEO/Founder of The Traveling Barbers “Hair Professionals For The Disabled”. The Traveling Barbers, based in Trenton, New Jersey, provide a home hair care service for the disabled community by send licensed barbers and hairstylists to the residences of those who has trouble making it out to a conventional […]
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) was a nontraditional and quite new style of psychotherapy in the late 80’s when it came my way. It rapidly became popular, especially for treating PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and any kind of other smaller ‘T’ trauma. It has proven to be highly efficient and fast for people who […]
Today’s guest post comes via Yonatan Wexler, Senior VP of R&D at OrCam, OrCam have been putting together some interesting designs in AT and I invited them to talk to us about the design process – Joe At an exhibition in London this year I met a woman who had a stroke […]
Today’s guest feature is from Tobias Buehrs. Most of my guest features are from people who are re-purposing ‘everyday’ technology into disability technology, so it was particularly nice to find someone who was re-purposing disability technology to attack a very different social issue – Joe European news is currently dominated by reports of thousands […]
Christine is one of our regular writers – she focuses on topics related to eating disorders, in particular, what it’s like to be in a ward dedicated to that purpose. 5am. A nurse, I’m not sure which one, bursts into my room. ‘Weighing time.’ They shrill. I shift in my bed slightly, and lift […]