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Canadian company AccessNow wins Novartis Innovation Prize for Assistive Tech
Initiated in late 2019, the Novartis Innovation Prize: Assistive Tech for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) identified and encouraged technology ideas from all over the world with the aim to improve mobility, accessibility and daily life for people living with MS AccessNow...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Gabriella Carafa
Gabriella is social worker in Toronto. In this interview she shares her experience during COVID-19: what's it like for her as a person with a disability working in health care and how COVID-19 has highlighted some issues that need to be addressed. How has your life...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Naz Rahman
Content creator and autism advocate Naz Rahman shares her experience during COVID-19, the challenges her family faces, and how #AccessFromHome has enabled their family to connect with the community.
#AccessFromHome Stories: Liz & Leona
Poem by Sunny Liz: It’s a safe soft place to fall for an embrace of tenderness as love, to be insecure from has been given, things that Can’t be changed When all we need is a bear hug, and a little sweetness that we stir in the pot, Turn off the news put down the...
How to Add Alt Text to Instagram Photos
The internet is super visual. Platforms like Instagram have become central to how we communicate but posting a photo can also be inherently inaccessible, unless we are aware of how to be intentionally inclusive. Alternative text or “alt text” helps to describe and...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Kelcie Miller-Anderson
Kelcie Miller-Anderson is a social entrepreneur and environmentalist living with Mitochondrial Disease + EDS(3) + MCAS. She is based in Calgary and speaks to future leaders and on her environmental startup, MycoRemedy. In this interview, Kelcie shares her experience...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Tai Young
Words by Tai YoungDuring the last few weeks, I have been at home with my mom, dad, and sister Taylor. I am staying busy with online school, but mostly I play online games with my friends, who I miss very much. I spend a lot of time in my room, and I have definitely...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Keisha Greaves
Words by Keisha Greaves Hi, I’m Keisha Greaves and I have limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. I am a millennial business owner who focuses on bringing awareness about the wellness, wholeness and “badassness” of those who are fighting chronic illness. Comprised of a...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Jess Oddi
On Dating a Frontline Worker During COVID-19 Words by Jessica OddiIt’s been three months since I saw my partner. As a Biomedical Engineer, he’s one of many front line people working at the hospital, making sure equipment such as ventilators are in peak condition for...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Marco Pasqua
To kick off our #AccessFromHome Stories, AccessNow had the opportunity to chat with Inspirational Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Accessibility Consultant Marco Pasqua. In this interview, he shares his experience during COVID-19: how it's affected businesses, from working...
AccessNow Responds to COVID-19 with Access From Home Initiative
Accessibility App Helps Identify and Verify Businesses that Offer Services to People at Home
5 Documentaries to Watch on the Importance of Accessibility and Inclusion
CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION Just down the road from Woodstock, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a summer camp for disabled teenagers. Steeped in the humour and music of the era, Crip Camp explores the universal experience of...
8 Shows & Concerts You Can Watch From Home
Shows and concerts may be cancelled but that doesn't mean media and entertainment have to go with it. This 2.3 trillion dollar industry, traditionally reliant on physical proximity, is keeping people amused while staying safe in their homes through virtual access and...
Access From Home: Food Delivery
Last Updated: April 15, 2020FOOD DELIVERY Uber Eats - Available in 24 countries. Foodora - Available in Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Philippines. DoorDash - Available in North American cities. GrabFood - Available in Southeast Asian countries. Skip...
Access From Home: Education
Last Updated: April 15, 2020.EDUCATION Khan Academy - Free, world-class education online. Offers practice exercises, instructional videos and personalized dashboard. edX - Free online courses from 140 leading institutions worldwide. Coursera - Free online courses top...
Access From Home: Tech
Last Updated: April 15, 2020TELECOMMUNICATIONS Bell (Canada) - Online assistance, online account management. Rogers (Canada) - Online assistance, online account management. Sprint (USA) - Explore and shop products online. Online support. TECH TOOLS Microsoft - Full...
Access From Home: Entertainment
Last Updated: April 5, 2020ENTERTAINMENT Netflix Party - Google Chrome extension for watching Netflix remotely with friends, Cineplex - Rent movies online from new releases, top rentals or countless classics. HitRecord - Online collaborative media platform. TED -...
Access From Home: Courier Services
Convenient parcel pickup/delivery services. Schedule a pick up online or via phone call. Last Updated: April 5, 2020PICK-UP/DELIVER FROM HOME Canada Post FedEx Purolator UPS GrabExpress - Available in selected Southeast Asian countries. Instant door-to-door...
Access From Home: Health
Last Updated: April 16, 2020PHARMACY Rexall (Canada) - Virtual medical care service available via video chat or phone call, covered by health card in Ontario, Alberta and BC. Access to home delivery for patients with chronic conditions using maintenance medications....
Introducing: Access From Home
As the world responds to the outbreak of COVID-19, there is an immediate need to support each other to get through this time. We've heard from you and we know that finding access to essentials during this difficult time can be challenging. Leaning on what we know how...
11 Memorable Quotes from Crip Camp
It's not often that a film comes out on Netflix that accurately portrays lived experience of disability. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a powerful documentary that recounts the ties of a Catskills summer camp to the birth of the American disability rights...
Accessible Tools for Working Remote
The future of work isn’t remote. It is accessible. As companies move their businesses online and manage their teams virtually, we see progress in ways of working that our community often advocates for. Remote work doesn’t just help #FlattenTheCurve by staying indoors...
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