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UN General Assembly holds first-ever high-level meeting on disability
United Nations General Assembly High-Level meeting adopts document seeking to promote disability-inclusive development, redress absence of disability Rights from the Millennium Development Goals The...
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Travelling for the blind, visually impaired
Travel, especially independent travel, is one of the pleasures that many might think becomes unavailable after vision loss. After all, navigating unfamiliar locations is something that can be...
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American museums increasing access for people with disabilities
In an article for the New York Times, Tanya Mohn describes how American museums are increasing access for people with disabilities. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY for example, runs programmes...
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Brazilian study of the tourism behaviour and needs of people with disabilities
Brazil has over 45 million citizens with disabilities, and the Federal Government of that country is intent on promoting the rights of people with disabilities. To this end, the Ministry of Tourism...
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Program to improve taxi accessibility first of its kind in Canada
Vancouver City mayor Gregor Robertson, the Vancouver Taxi Association and the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities have launched ‘Ask-Listen-Act’, a new form of enhanced taxi driver training...
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SFO Unveils Mobile App for Visually-Impaired Passengers
San Francisco International Airport (SFO http://www.flysfo.com/ ) has unveiled a prototype version of a smartphone application which can help visually-impaired passengers to navigate through an...
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New app to help Blind navigate London transport
A new phone app being developed by London charity The Royal London Society for Blind People (RSLB http://www.rlsb.org.uk/ ) and digital product studio ustwo (http://ustwo.com/ ) could help blind and...
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San Francisco Airport directions app for the Blind, visually impaired
San Francisco Airport (SFO) http://www.flysfo.com/ is testing out location-aware beacons, a program it could roll out to the rest of the airport if successful. The beacons deliver...
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Website Accessibility: A New Frontier Of Inclusion
Chris Lona of CL Design is making the web/digital a better, accessible experience for disabled and ageing people. He hopes to help organizations generate more revenue by being more inclusive of this...
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Edinburgh Airport hosts guide dog training day
The cuteness factor hit new levels at Edinburgh Airport recently as 12 trainee guide dog puppies descended on the terminal for a training day. The pups, aged between six and 15 months, arrived at...
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Brazil focuses its accessible tourism drive on visually impaired visitors
Brazil has launched a set of unique projects based on sensory experiences aimed at visually impaired tourists, reports Tourism Review. Sensory tourism allows people with visual impairments to enjoy...
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