Category: Accessibility News

After an accident severed her spinal cord, Kristi Leer has been using a wheelchair CBC News Posted: Jan 19, 2020 A wheelchair user from Fort…

January 16, 2020 Column by Ralph Yaniz. My experiences writing this column over the past year have been fabulous. But it was daunting at first…

Renewed Funding Agreement Focuses on Outreach: Stefanson January 15, 2020 The Manitoba government is investing $120,800 with the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD)…

Business Wire January 15, 2020 Lead Edge Capital spearheads the round to accelerate, scale and meet escalating demand for Accessibility-as-a-Service TORONTO – eSSENTIAL Accessibility, the…

By Jessie Mathewson Local Democracy Reporter – City Hall The Mayor of London has today promised a free travel pass to help disabled people get…

KYODO NEWS January 2, 2020 TOKYO – Japan is speeding up its efforts to make accommodation and transport facilities more accessible ahead of the Paralympic…

By: Kerry Kavanaugh, Jason Solowski, and Thomas Korsak Updated: December 31, 2019 WELLESLEY, Mass. For people with physical disabilities simple tasks can be major challenges.…

The Toyota Startup Awards will take place at the 4YFN event in Barcelona, from 24 to 26 February 2020 Eight selected startups will participate in…

‘It gives me a sense of pride to have one bit of independence,’ says Eva von Flowtow Jane Sponagle · CBC News · Posted: Dec…

By Alexa MacLean -Global News Posted December 26, 2019 The New Year’s Eve celebration at Grand Parade is coined as the largest in Atlantic Canada.…