An occupational therapist at the IWK Children’s Hospital in Halifax is challenging companies that make baby gear to start considering accessible options.
Tag: disabilities
Microsoft controller makes gaming more accessible to people with disabilities
In an inspired moment, Microsoft is unveiling a game controller that enables players with disabilities to play games again. It is part of a growing movement to make tech more accessible to everyone on the planet. Mike Luckett is a veteran who suffered a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident in 2011. That injury […]
Alberta hiring its first advocate for people with disabilities
The province is hiring its first advocate for people with disabilities, with a mandate to represent the rights, interests and viewpoints of people with disabilities
Medically assisted sex? How ‘intimacy coaches’ offer sexual therapy for people with disabilities
Spencer Williams, a writer and student who has cerebral palsy, now has a more meaningful and rewarding sex life thanks to a sex surrogate and intimacy coach who specializes in helping people with disabilities.
Apple proposes 13 new emojis representing users with disabilities
At some point over the past five years, emojis evolved from a niche into an important form of communication — a point that hasn’t been lost on Apple. Having previously suggested new professions and diversity icons, the company today pitched the Unicode Consortium on a collection of 13 new emojis “to better represent individuals wi…Read More
Expert pressed about risk in closing N.S. facilities for people with disabilities
A Nova Scotia government lawyer pressed an expert witness today over the risks of shifting people with intellectual disabilities out of institutional settings into the community, as a human rights inquiry entered its third day.
People with disabilities have a right to live in the community, not institutions, argues lawyer
A human rights case that starts this week argues forcing people with disabilities to live in institutions — and denying them homes within the community — is a violation of charter rights.
New Toronto research hub to focus on developmental disabilities and mental illness
One of Canada’s most high-profile mental health treatment centres says it’s opening a new research hub that will focus on the needs of people with both developmental disabilities and psychiatric conditions.
‘Everyone … has a sob story’: Thalidomide survivors say they were belittled by disabilities minister
Members of a thalidomide survivor group say they felt belittled and are appalled after meeting with Kent Hehr, the federal minister for persons with disabilities, and accuse him of making repugnant statements about their life expectancies. CBC | Health News
Here's What Transgender People With Disabilities Want You To Know
Margot Louisa This is what it feels like to be transgender in America: Some days it feels like we’re creating possibilities and finally making the world safer for one another. Other days all we can feel are the devastating threats to our community as reactionaries try to shame and legislate us out of public life. […]
