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Accessibility

Accessibility to Medical Professionals

Lia Seth | Posted 05.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Lia Seth

This is an important kind of accessibility that is severely lacking in the medical world. My doctor should be as accessible to me as her front office is. She should be as accessible as a designer is to his clients, as owners are to their dogs, as a manager is to her employees.

Wheelchair Wisdom: Let Go of the Loss and Move On

Linda Noble Topf | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Linda Noble Topf

Today, I still need my scooter and wheelchair to get around. But something inside me has changed. I have a sense of freedom that is in some ways more powerful and sustainable than what I felt when I could walk and dance and run and play.

What We Can Learn About Aging in Place from Jurassic Park

Rachel Adelson | Posted 04.18.2013 | Fifty
Rachel Adelson

Because Jurassic Park was designed for accessibility, its door handles were long levers of the type recommended by design experts and people like me. Those doors had long, lovely user-friendly handles... easily manipulated by, in this case, hungry Velociraptors.

Building A Multigenerational Home: What You Need To Know

The Huffington Post | Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 04.10.2013 | Fifty

More than 51 million families in America live in multigenerational homes, which has more people considering adding on to their homes to make room for ...

What Does A Multigenerational Home Look Like?

The Huffington Post | Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 04.09.2013 | Fifty

It's a reality more families -- more than 51 million Americans -- find themselves dealing with: life in a multigenerational home, or a household with ...

The Sky Is the Limit for People With Disabilities

Shantha Rau Barriga | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Shantha Rau Barriga

With increasing security at airports around the world, flying has grown more stressful for all of us. But for people with disabilities, flying can be particularly daunting.

Building Online Ramps to Equal Access

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Ed Markey

By Congressman Edward J. Markey, Mike Festa and Steven M. Rothstein If you're an individual who's blind, deaf or both, navigating an intersection can...

How to Get Kids to Read Again

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Jeff Klima

Books like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter are going to be the saving grace of literature. Do modern youth want to see Stonehenge? They would if it was remodeled into a motocross track.

The Spontaneous Friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Irene S. Levine

About three years ago, writer Rachel Bertsche moved from New York to Chicago with her husband-to-be, leaving behind her friends, her job and a city sh...

America's Broadband Revolution: Where We Go From Here

Dean Garfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Dean Garfield

With the National Broadband Plan announced by the FCC this week, lawmakers have an opportunity to do something to positively impact the lives and well-being of every American for decades to come.

The 'Phoenix' of Health Care Reform: The Public Option

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Miles J. Zaremski

What these fourteen senators are now proposing with the public option is health care reform's phoenix. Or, to put it another way, the final chapter on the public option has yet to be written.

New Orleans Mayoral Candidate Blocks Streetcar Line With Wheelchair

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Karen Dalton-Beninato

"Who Dat say Dey Can't Ride Dem Cars", "Let My People Ride" and "Paint a Red One Green" were the chants as New Orleans mayoral candidate Jonah Bascle...

Jonah Stands Up: New Orleans Mayoral Candidate for Accessibility

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Karen Dalton-Beninato

This excerpt is from my interview with comedian Jonah Bascle, 23, running for mayor of New Orleans to help raise awareness of the need for wheelchai...

Health Care Reform: It Boils Down to Four Words

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Miles J. Zaremski

Regardless of the outcome, health care reform today comes down to four simple, words: accessibility, affordability, choice, and competition. For good measure, there is also perhaps a fifth word: right,