Barrier-Free Access Improves for China’s Disabled: Report

Posted on January 7th, 2020 by Best Brothers Group

Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, January 7 2020 CHINA: China has on Sunday released a blue paper on efforts made for handicapped people, highlighting improvements in the barrier-free environment across the country. A blue paper on efforts made for handicapped people shows improvements of barrier-free environment for the disabled. [Chinanews.com] The Chinese Academy of Disability Data Sciences, the […]

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  Americas, News, May 8 2019 Jean Vanier, a Canadian religious figure whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half-century, has died at 90. A charity he founded, L’Arche, said Vanier died Tuesday in Paris after suffering from thyroid cancer. Pope Francis was informed of Vanier’s death and […]

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[ad_1] On Thursday, the province released the names of 20 people who are tasked with coming up with standards for making education more accessible, and 19 people who will concentrate on making buildings and public spaces more accessible. In Clayton Dauphinee’s opinion, the number of inaccessible public spaces is a major barrier. “We can make […]

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Toyota Improves Universal Design Taxicab for Quicker Wheelchair Access  

Posted on February 8th, 2019 by Best Brothers Group

[ad_1] Asia-Pacific, Transportation, Universal Design, February 8 2019 JAPAN: Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that it will improve its “JPN Taxi” universal design taxicab to enable wheelchair users to get into the vehicle more quickly — cutting the current maximum of around 20 minutes down to three minutes. A driver paces an easier-to-install wheelchair ramp […]

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