A Kelowna couple with a vision to create a first-of-its kind housing complex is hoping city council approves the plan. The pair, who have a disabled son, want to build a fully accessible apartment complex. The need for this type of housing is said to be enormous but the project is being met with opposition. […]

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, it can be difficult to tell what’s real, and what’s fake. Noor Ibrahim examines the prominence and threat of deepfakes.

Pickering has many playgrounds, but none of them are fully accessible. A mother of a child with disabilities is calling for that to change. She’s launched a petition, and it’s getting the attention of city hall. “The ground surface is made up of wood chips,” Seana Haley. “We don’t actually have a fully accessible […]

A mother of a child with disabilities is calling on the City of Pickering to make playgrounds more accessible. She’s launched a petition, and it’s getting the attention of city hall. Aaron Streck reports.

A strobe light screwed into a case, a 6-volt battery, a switch and Dean’s desire to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing evolved into the Beach Emergency Evacuation Lights System. On Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors launched a BEELS pilot program at Torrance Beach. County officials equipped […]

We continue our NAAW coverage and check in with Melanie Goodridge from reachAbility to find out more about some interesting panel discussions focused around the theme Accessibility for All.

May 30 to June 5 marks National AccessAbility Week, which acknowledges and celebrates contributions made by Canadians with disabilities, the removal of barriers to accessibly and inclusion, and the work to oppose discrimination against those with a disability. Diane Kotkas, director of DaCapo Disability Services with Lethbridge Family Services, said it’s important to see […]

This week is the fifth-annual National AccessAbility Week in Canada, which looks to celebrate communities and people who have worked to remove barriers to accessibility and inclusion, among other things. Eloise Therien has more on what this looks like in Lethbridge.

Europe, Transportation, May 27 2021 UK: Coventry University has collaborated with national disability charity Motability to recruit and sponsor a number of doctoral candidates to undertake research into accessible transport at the university’s National Transport Design Centre (NTDC). The collaboration combines Coventry University’s strong tradition of design transport teaching and Motability’s objective to support and develop […]

SPAIN: As of 15 March, there is a new citizen service centre (Punt TMB) operating in the lobby of the Sagrada Familia station of the Barcelona Metro. TMB, the operator company, described the new office addition as a pioneering in certain aspects. Among other things, it will be the first to offer information in Catalan […]