by Alexa Fernando | Jul 14, 2020 | News
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: A lot of us haven’t thought about the fact that the way we’re experiencing the world in the midst of a deadly virus, might actually just be every day in the life of a disabled person, even before a pandemic. Maayan Ziv, disability rights activist...
by Alexa Fernando | Jul 9, 2020 | Technology and Innovations
Love it or hate it but TikTok is taking over. It is the leading destination for short-form mobile videos with over 1 billion users and 800 million monthly active users. Unlike Instagram’s curated highlight reel, TikTok is “more real and raw and...
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
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
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...
