Various venues, Manchester
From dance to comedy to video, this series of events confronts illness, grief and death with uplifting candour
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Ability Fest 2019 gets a big round of applause from film enthusiasts with disabilities
Posted in General
September 20, 2019 The eighth edition of Ability Fest 2019 held in Chennai was a platform for film enthusiasts to come together. Fifty disability-related movies…
Mysteries of deep space come alive for visually impaired people at the British Science Festival
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September 20, 2019 The night sky with the many stars and constellations is beautiful to witness and bringing that experience alive for blind and low…
Residents at Calgary Apartment Building Frustrated Over Lack of Accessible Door
Posted in Accessibility News
CTV Calgary Kathy Le, Video Journalist @CTVKathyLe Published Friday, September 13, 2019 For a handful of wheelchair-dependent, southeast Calgary apartment residents, getting into and out…
One in four B.C. residents has disability, most want to work Tom Fletcher/ Sep. 16, 2019 1:20 p.m./ The unemployment rate for people with disabilities…
‘I’m tired and desperate’ – a disabled victim of domestic violence on her struggle to survive
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Disabled women are at higher risk of domestic violence than others, so why are there so few accessible refuges? As Sarah’s story shows, they are faced with an impossible system
Chad Allen explains how losing access to comics after becoming blind inspired Unseen, the first audio comic aimed at readers who see with their mind
Ofcom report finds startling lack of diversity among UK broadcasters
Retina International Usher Syndrome Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletter
Posted in Technology & Research
RI USH SIG launches newsletter Retina International’s Special Interest Group for Usher Syndrome (RI USH SIG) has launched their newsletter to share up-to-date information on…
Charlie was accepted as a victim of modern slavery – but first he was prosecuted and sentenced to 18 months