How Blind Nova Scotians Are Navigating the Strange World of COVID-19 – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

September 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / Blind, International

Carrying on a normal life during the pandemic can be difficult for everyone, but some people with vision loss say it can be a minefield. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/how-blind-nova-scotians-are-navigating-the-strange-world-of-covid-19/ Related

How Blind Nova Scotians Are Navigating the Strange World of COVID-19 – Accessibility News International

September 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community

Vernon RamesarCBC News, Sept. 16, 2020 Carrying on a normal life during the pandemic can be difficult for everyone, but some people with vision loss say it can be a minefield. Darlene Wournell is blind and treasures her independence, but she says some of the measures put in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 […]

Why the New Touchless, Physically-Distant World Sucks for People with Visual Impairment – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

June 12, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

In this essay, I discuss how an unanticipated consequence of following this tri-part guidance for staying ‘safe’ is the effective demonization of touch, which has led to many unforeseen challenges for more than 12 million people in the U.S. (and over 285 million people worldwide) who are blind or visually impaired (BVI). Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/covid-19-and-blindness-why-the-new-touchless-physically-distant-world-sucks-for-people-with-visual-impairment/ […]

Why the New Touchless, Physically-Distant World Sucks for People with Visual Impairment – Accessibility News International

June 12, 2020 / by BBG Security / arts & Entertainment

Nicholas A. Giudice, Ph.D.Jun 3 As a congenitally blind person, it has become obvious to me that my reliance on touch as a primary mode of experiencing the world puts me at odds with current best practices for avoiding the coronavirus. The principle guidance for safeguarding against COVID-19 is to (1) curtail physical contact with […]

Why Coronavirus May Make the World More Accessible – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

May 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

With millions under lockdown, many non-disabled people are experiencing, for the first time, how it feels to have external barriers preventing you from participating in everyday life. But although countries around the world have put policies and practices in place to make public spaces, workplaces and other aspects of society more accessible, many barriers still […]

Why Coronavirus May Make the World More Accessible – Accessibility News International

May 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / built environment, Community

BBC Future With millions under lockdown, many non-disabled people are experiencing, for the first time, how it feels to have external barriers preventing you from participating in everyday life. But although countries around the world have put policies and practices in place to make public spaces, workplaces and other aspects of society more accessible, many […]

U.S. won’t allow performance of Newfoundland play about man with disability

February 24, 2019 / by BBG Security / Canada, Crippled, Disability, Entertainment, News, Paul David Power, Play, San Francisco Theatre, Theatre, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States, World

Lethbridge church gives people with disabilities a night to shine Lethbridge

[ad_1] A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stories. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rejected a detailed application to bring Paul David Power’s autobiographical play “Crippled” to a San Francisco theatre. Help […]

Disabled, non-verbal woman raped and impregnated at Florida health-care facility: lawsuit – National

January 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / Crime, disabled woman pregnant, disabled woman raped, Escambia Westgate, Florida disabled woman alleged rape, Florida disabled woman pregnant, Florida disabled woman raped, Florida Mentor, Florida woman raped, National Mentor, Pensacola Cluster, World

[ad_1] A 23-year-old woman with severe physical and intellectual disabilities was raped and impregnated at a Florida health-care facility, her family alleges. The woman suffers from profound intellectual disabilities as well as an array of physical ailments including seizures, foot contractures and a deformed spine. She is “non-verbal, immobile, lacks dexterity in her hands and arms” […]

Sharing is caring: Santa pours ‘milk’ down boy’s feeding tube in photo – National

December 20, 2018 / by BBG Security / Austin Maner, Beth Salzbrenner, Feeding Tube Boy, Feeding Tube Santa, Fort Wayne, fort wayne santa, Health, Indiana, Mall Santa, Mall Santa Feeding Tube, Mall Santa Picture, News, Santa Photo, World

[ad_1] An Indiana mother hopes a viral image of Santa Claus pouring formula down her son’s feeding tube will raise awareness to kids with disabilities and their needs. Beth Salzbrenner posted a photo Dec. 9 of her son, Austin Maners, on social media. The image featured a mall Santa sharing a cookie and pouring formula […]

‘The sea is where I feel peace and freedom’: Blind Spanish surfer aims for world title – National

December 12, 2018 / by BBG Security / Adaptive sports, Aitor Francesena, blind athletes, Blind Surfer, blind surfing, Carmen Lopez, competitive sports, Derek Rabelo, Features, Lifestyle, Spain, Sports, Surfing, Trending, World, World Adaptive Surfing Championship

[ad_1] Carmen Lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like, but the blind 21-year-old Spaniard is in her element riding the surf. Guided by instinct and signals whistled by her coach, Lopez has been training hard to become Spain’s first blind female athlete to enter the World Adaptive Surfing Championship in La Jolla, California, on Wednesday. Read more: Blind, […]

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