Accessibility
Accessibility and inclusion for people with special needs
New capabilities in Health Records help patients see medical records from multiple providers. In an important step forward in the consumerization of healthcare, this week Apple introduced an update to its Health app, in iOS 11.3
… READ MORERyan Rousell has been fencing for more than 10 years, wheelchair fencing for only a year and a half. Ryan Rousel trains in Asquith, Saskatchewan and won gold at a Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Montréal, Quebec, on April 29th, 2018.
… READ MOREThe daily lives of disabled people are impacted by ‘unhelpful, exclusionary or downright abusive’ practices, according to a major research project looking at issues facing those with disabilities in the UK today. University of
… READ MOREPenn researchers ask, ‘What if doctors could just subscribe to news feeds about their patients?’ Once hailed as essential to advance health care into the 21st Century, electronic health record (EHR) systems have increased
… READ MOREThe Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA) offers programs to people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities that provide essential social interaction and healthy activities in nurturing environments. Register for summer
… READ MOREThis Texas Scramble Tournament will take place at the picturesque McKenzie Meadows Golf Club with a shotgun start at 1pm complete with exciting challenges and prizes along the way including a $15,000 Hole In One cash prize sponsored
… READ MORESmart walls react to human touch, sense activity in room. Researchers at CMU and Disney Research used simple tools and techniques to transform walls so that they will react to touch and sense activity in a room. CMU Byron
… READ MOREA robot at Georgia Tech is successfully sliding hospital gowns on people’s arms. The machine doesn’t use its eyes as it pulls the cloth. Instead, it relies on the forces it feels as it guides the garment onto a
… READ MOREPeople using brain-computer interface are more efficient when both human and machine are allowed to learn. EPFL researchers trained two tetraplegic users to compete in the international Cybathlon BCI race. Both learned incrementally
… READ MOREWhy type when you can just think about typing? A visualization of what the wristbands “see” as the user’s hands gesture. CTRL-Labs Andrew Tarantola, Engadget April 17, 2018 From the earliest days of punch cards,
… READ MOREIs an archaic sewing skill a key to connected, sensing, communicating fabrics of the future? Ohio State researchers in the Electro Science Lab are developing embroidered antennas and circuits with 0.1 mm precision—the perfect size
… READ MOREOn Sunday, Justin Gallegos, who has Cerebral Palsy, completed a half marathon. Nike helped him create his dream shoe. Justin Gallegos. Jordan Beckett Photo courtesy of Nike By Elizabeth Segran, Fast Company May 1, 2018 As a high
… READ MOREAmelia Hernandez, 61, who was born with intellectual disabilities, was part of the inaugural class of athletes who competed in the first-ever Special Olympic Games at Soldier Field in 1968. On Thursday, she will return to Soldier
… READ MOREThe tangled web of disability governance and policy in Canada bodes poorly for Canadians with severe disabilities. National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier, standing during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament
… READ MOREJustin Trudeau was a hard act to follow, but the next speaker defined the most important issue of the 2019 election. At the Liberal convention, Dr. Danielle Martin argued a national pharmacare program is long overdue: ‘No rational
… READ MOREThere’s something undeniably special in the way Meera Phillips looks at you when you speak. It’s as if your words are the only words that will ever matter, whether you’re talking about something silly or something
… READ MOREToday we celebrate the seventh annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day and announce new technology and resources for people with disabilities. The goal of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about
… READ MOREThe lactate threshold is regarded as a tremendously useful physiological variable not only for calculating the performance of endurance athletes but also for providing backing when prescribing their training sessions. A study carried
… READ MOREHippotherapy device could help patients recover movement, balance. Rice University students are working toward a long-standing goal of making the benefits of hippotherapy – equine-assisted therapy – available to those without
… READ MOREEngineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone case and app that could make it easier for patients to record and track their blood glucose readings, whether they’re at home or on the go. GlucPhone: a
… READ MOREUC Berkeley researcher and artist Eric Paulos and his students continue their explorations of “cosmetic computing” with a new prototype and paper about Human Hair as Interactive Material. If you’d like to coif your
… READ MORE‘She’s going to take on the world and it’s awesome’ Evelyn Moore is hooked up to her dad Brad Moore as they take part in a walking exercise at the ReYu Paralysis Recovery Centre in Edmonton. The Canadian Press
… READ MORE‘This doesn’t answer all of the issues, but it’s definitely a start.’ Minister of Community and Social Services Irfan Sabir is overseeing the creation of a new office that will advocate for people with
… READ MORENuro’s new brain-computer interface uses neurological signals to let incapacitated patients talk to doctors and family. Nuro enables instant communication and computing for millions of people in post-surgeries and ICUs, nursing
… READ MOREMessage from Kevin Rempel, who fought to walk again, gives insights into the road ahead after traumatic injury. Canadian Paralympian Kevin Rempel placed his sledge hockey sticks on the balcony of his Toronto condominium in memory of
… READ MORENational survey showed that people with disabilities are actively engaging in job preparation and job search activities, and successfully negotiating barriers at work. Disabled women’s equal pay struggles often go unheard — but
… READ MOREIf you are a disabled person wanting to get around by yourself on train or tube, good luck to you. Here’s what needs to be done. ‘Only about a quarter of London’s underground stations are fully accessible for disabled people.’
… READ MORENadia Clarke, who has cerebral palsy and is profoundly deaf, employs a team of eight PAs to help her study, work, socialise and travel. Nadia Clarke and her godson Ned on a visit to a sea life centre. Melanie Tiplady, The Guardian
… READ MORENew ‘smart socks’ are helping physiotherapists better diagnose and treat injuries, particularly in remote patients. It is becoming common for physiotherapists to use video consultations to diagnose and treat remote patients.
… READ MOREScientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test. The device can measure glucose levels without piercing the skin. University
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