“Now, with the Access Earth app, I am able to get information about accessible places in seconds!” My name is Diya Priyadarshi, and I’m 13. I live in Sunnyvale, California with my parents and twin sister, Siya. I have Spastic Diplegia, a type of Cerebral Palsy, due to my premature birth. I use crutches and […]
GAATES (Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments) are offering the International Certification of Accessibility Consultants – Built Environment. The certification program identifies applicants as leaders in the field of accessibility, with the technical knowledge and experience to appropriately apply universal design in the built environment. To achieve the certification, participants will go through a […]
“Once it becomes a norm to have 3-4 inclusive items on every playground I achieve my mission to include all children into the play, regardless of their abilities.” My name is Eszter, I’m Aron’s mum (7) who was born with epilepsy. I have learnt about Aron’s condition when he was 1. Since then a lot […]
“Sharing and learning from each other has been a key to change making and teamworking. Thanks to Meet me at MoMA, museums have increased people’s quality of life.” My name is Halldóra Arnardóttir, a PhD Art Historian. From 2008, I have co-directed the project Art and Culture as Therapy for Azheimer in Spain and in […]
Ruderman Family Foundation have joined forces with MIT Sloan School of Management to create a unique new program for persons with and without disabilities – “LEAD20@MIT Leadership in the Digital Age”. This program will equip influencers and leaders from all over the world with theories and strategies in the fields of digital leadership, networking and entrepreneurship, […]
The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) have announced the opening of a request for proposal for applications from DPOs in Rwanda, and Pacific Island countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The broad objective of the Fund is to […]
“Access to news has never been so easy!” Prashant Naik, I am a public-sector bank employee having low vision. I am passionate about technologies for the blind as well as latest news on tech and social activities happening in the disability sector. My need to have a low vision friendly news app is totally fulfilled […]
“Pedius’ use of advanced speech recognition technologies has made an incredible impact for those it has reached in the Deaf community, especially myself.” My name is Gabriele and I am Deaf. One night, I was driving home by myself and was involved in a car accident. Normally when one has an accident, they exchange information […]
“Equal, inclusive access empowers everyone to achieve.” My name is Lucy Bennett, and I’m the senior designer for AMAC Accessibility. For the last year and a half, I’ve been responsible for AMAC’s marketing media and work to make sure we’re promoting ourselves with the same level of accessibility that our services provide. I also began […]
What a few months it has been! When we opened the nominations back in May we thought we had a rough idea of what to expect. Hopefully we’d be fortunate to receive amazing, inspiring nominations from around the world and yes, we would expect most of them to come in just before the deadline! But […]