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7 Accessible Ways to Enjoy Spooky Season in Ontario
If you're anything like me, you spend the remainder of summer anticipating warm sweaters, hot drinks, breathtaking scenery, and an entire month devoted to getting spooky. Still, as a wheelchair user, Halloween season hasn't come without its share of disappointments in...
Oh my GAAD
We’ve heard the facts - people with disabilities around the world have dramatically lower employment rates than non disabled people. It's not because disabled people aren't smart enough or qualified enough, but because we still face a wide range of barriers as 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,...
#AccessFromHome Stories: Marco Pasqua
To kick off our #AccessFromHome Stories, AccessNow had the opportunity to chat with Inspirational Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Accessibility...
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...
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...
Access From Home: Food Delivery
Last Updated: April 15, 2020FOOD DELIVERY Uber Eats - Available in 24 countries. Foodora - Available in Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway,...
Access From Home: Education
Last Updated: April 15, 2020.EDUCATION Khan Academy - Free, world-class education online. Offers practice exercises, instructional videos...
Access From Home: Tech
Last Updated: April 15, 2020TELECOMMUNICATIONS Bell (Canada) - Online assistance, online account management. Rogers (Canada) - Online...
Access From Home: Entertainment
Last Updated: April 5, 2020ENTERTAINMENT Netflix Party - Google Chrome extension for watching Netflix remotely with friends, Cineplex -...
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...
Access From Home: Health
Last Updated: April 16, 2020PHARMACY Rexall (Canada) - Virtual medical care service available via video chat or phone call, covered by...
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...
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...
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...
How To Host a Netflix Party
Now more than ever do we see how technology is critical in providing access for all. Everyday tasks and activites that would require a...
Discover 18 Museums Around the World From Home with Virtual Tours
Whether you've got some health issues or are living through a global pandemic, sometimes leaving the house isn't an option. So finding...
7 Tips On Working Remotely (From People Who Already Work From Home)
Working from home? Welcome to the club! For people with disabilities, remote work is not a new concept. In fact, this type of work style...
Maayan Ziv’s Accessible Day-trip Guide to Tel Aviv
Growing up, I spent every summer visiting family in Israel, so I’ve watched Tel Aviv flourish into a technology hub with a...
IDPD 2019
To everyone celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities today,here’s to the future of accessibility:envisioning a world...
The Government of Canada is Investing in Our Company. What’s Next?
On August 1st, 2019 we brought the community together to celebrate a monumental moment as we announced an over $2.7 million investment in...
Did You Know Your Technology Is Accessible?
Often when people think about accessible technology, they think about niche products that solve problems for only a subset of the...
Peace out 2017!
It's the last day of 2017, and we are counting our blessings. We've had a wonderful year building community and connecting with incredible...
8 Accessible Beaches in Canada
If there is one thing we know for sure its that wheelchairs and sand are a bad combination. Unless you're prepared to dig yourself out of...
8 Canadian Innovations that are Improving Accessibility
Whether it be a product, service, unique invention or idea, it's a great time to be innovating. At AccessNow we are pretty obsessed with...
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