A new post from Josh Grisdale who runs the very wonderful Accessible Japan (www.accessible-japan.com) Japan is on the to-do list of many travellers. For the less adventurous, it is westernized enough and developed enough that it is not too scary. For those who want something unique, Japan offers thousands of years of history and a […]
Category: Feature Writers
Puzzle
Christine is one of our regular writers – she focuses on topics related to eating disorders. You’d think that there were only so many dvds that one person could watch, so many crosswords they could do, so many ceilings you could stare at, but you’d be wrong. It is amazing how quickly doing nothing filled […]
Andiamo – 3D printed orthotics for disabled kids
Today’s feature comes from Samiya Parvez of Andiamo – everything about this story made me want to share it- Joe. In 2003 I gave birth to our son Diamo. He was born severely disabled and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and he was quadriplegic. Little did we know how profound an impact Diamo would have […]
A little law goes a long way, and it’s lovely stuff!
New Feature writer! Belinda has been doing legal framework training and consultancy in the adults’ social care sector for 15 years now. She blogs over at Schwehr on CARE and very kindly agreed to pop over and talk a little law with us – Joe For me, the decision to overhaul social care / […]
Can our understanding of autism help improve treatment for eating disorders?
By habit, when I lack a good illustration for a post, or when it’s a particularly sad post I pick a open-licenced photo from flickr. Christine is one of our regular writers – she focuses on topics related to eating disorders. Obsessive behaviour. A need for systematising the unstructured. Difficulty processing emotions. Resistance to […]
Dining room
Christine is one of our regular writers – she focuses on topics related to eating disorders. My toes feel cold against the blue linoleum floor. I smile as I think of the word – linoooleeeium. How it curves and gloops along my tongue like the spread on my overly buttered toast. This is my new […]
Hidden Disability Symbol
Laura Bryges talks to us about the Hidden Disability Symbol. In 2009, I introduced the Hidden Disability Symbol on Facebook. This was four years after a car accident that left me with a traumatic brain injury, prolonged post concussion syndrome, major depression, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain. And now, in 2015, I am proud to say […]
Low point
Christine is one of our regular writers – she focuses on topics related to eating disorders. ‘You need to be seated girls.’ Carly says. She points to threadbare chair lent up against the wall. We’ve gone for our ten minute fresh air break, but it is raining and so we can’t go to the […]
IsoSketch: read about and win!
This year I was somewhat grumpily wandering around BETT (it having changed very little from last time) when I was accosted by a stallholder. I grumpily tried out the product and found myself actually quite impressed with it as a simple but solid idea. I’ve invited Mark to talk about the design process here, […]
Bank card design for disability.
Note from Joe – I get a lot of press releases in my inbox and I generally ignore them (my goal is content that is both original and timeless, and most of my readers are technical enough that I need pretty technical content; so press releases really aren’t the way to my heart) On […]