by Alexa Fernando | Jun 25, 2020 | News
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...
by Alexa Fernando | Jun 12, 2020 | Access From Home, People
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...
by Alexa Fernando | Jun 2, 2020 | Access From Home, People
Words by Naz Rahman Raising a younger brother diagnosed with autism has shaped how I function day-to-day. Growing up in the South Asian community, we as a family quickly discovered how taboo the topic of disability truly is. It was heartbreaking to experience how...
by Alexa Fernando | Jun 2, 2020 | Access From Home, People
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...
by Alexa Fernando | Jun 1, 2020 | Tech
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...
