City’s Amphibious Wheelchairs Put the Beach Within Reach – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

July 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / International, Mobility

All her life, whenever Delaney Dunlop’s friends asked her to go to the beach, she’d decline. The 30-year-old’s battery-powered wheelchair just wasn’t built to traverse the sand. “It took like six people to get it out of the sand,” Dunlop said of one earlier attempt. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/citys-amphibious-wheelchairs-put-the-beach-within-reach/ Related

City’s Amphibious Wheelchairs Put the Beach Within Reach – Accessibility News International

July 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Transportation

Specially designed chairs can traverse soft sand, go into the water CBC News, July 13, 2020 All her life, whenever Delaney Dunlop’s friends asked her to go to the beach, she’d decline. The 30-year-old’s battery-powered wheelchair just wasn’t built to traverse the sand. “It took like six people to get it out of the sand,” […]

Qualifying for the CERB Can Put Ontarians With Disabilities in a Tricky Financial Spot – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

May 18, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Confusion around the Ontario Disability Support Program during the pandemic put writer Meagan Gillmore in a financial bind. Recently, the Ontario government has made it even more difficult for them to self-isolate and afford basic needs, even if they qualify for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). Read more athttps://aoda.ca/qualifying-for-the-cerb-can-put-ontarians-with-disabilities-in-a-tricky-financial-spot/ Related

COVID-19 Visitation Bans for People in Institutions Put Many at Risk in Other Ways – Accessibility News International

March 30, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Barring visitors ignores the specific needs of those with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities By Natalie Spagnuolo, Michael OrsiniCBC News Opinion, Mar. 29, 2020 Disabled people know a lot about social isolation. Many including those with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities are relying on the success of COVID-19 containment strategies, and lives are indeed at risk if […]