BUCYRUS, Ohio — It may sound like the name of a beauty pageant but it’s so much more. Ms. Wheelchair America is raising awareness and building better lives for spinal cord injury survivors. In Ohio, Ms. Wheelchair Ohio 2020 is hoping to make it her life’s work by making things better for others. In small-town […]

newsletters, editors-pick-list, disability, access, launceston Every time Emma Butler gets to the end of her driveway and turns to go down the footpath she is reminded about her disability. Ms Butler suffers from cerebral palsy and is confined to a motorised wheelchair. Despite her diagnosis she lives as independent of a life as she can, […]

This First Person article is the experience of Codi Darnell, a Vancouver mom who uses a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. My phone lit up with a notification a few months ago. A new message in our family group chat showed […]

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Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, News, December 18 2019 NORTH KOREA: North Korea has adopted a bill requiring all buildings to be wheelchair accessible, according to state media.North Korea said the law would improve facilities for the disabled, Pyongyang’s state-controlled news agency KCNA reported Wednesday. North Korea state media said Wednesday buildings are required by law to include facilities […]

Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, News, November 6 2019 INDIA: A new affordable ‘standing wheelchair’ that enables persons with disabilities to shift between standing and sitting positions independently, has been indigenously designed by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems. It was launched here on Tuesday. Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot with differently […]

Americas, Assistive Technology, Universal Design, August 8 2019 MANITOBA, CANADA: Aiming to enhance patients’ lives, a team of University of Manitoba biomedical students has produced autonomous designs — including a wheelchair hand warmer for those living with muscular dystrophy (MD). The overarching goal during the University of Manitoba Biomedical Engineering Design (BMED) Team’s first year was to give students experience in design, public speaking, […]

Americas, Transportation, July 16 2019 UNITED STATES: May Mobility that partners with Magna and has select funders such as BMW iVentures or Toyota AI onboard is moving its autonomous electric vehicle concept forward. To be exact, the company is developing a wheelchair-accessible prototype of its self-driving electric shuttle. May Mobility Chief Operating Officer and co-founder Alisyn […]

[ad_1] Assistive Technology, Universal Design, February 15 2019 Last week airport representatives announced a sponsorship agreement with the New South Wales (NSW) Wheelchair Rugby League that will see players act as accessibility consultants during development. In Australia, approximately 18.3 percent of the population has one or more disability. “We want to go over and above our legislative requirements when […]

[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 […]