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AbleRoad.com: A Crowd Source Guide to Accessibility? Very Cool.
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Nov 16, 2013
AbleRoad, a Waltham-based company, launched a website last week where — much like the popular review site Yelp.com — people can rate restaurants and businesses while primarily weighing factors like wheelchair accessibility and ease of access for blind and deaf people.
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One of the few practicing blind architects in the world, Chris Downey is an architect, planner, and consultant. Working with design teams and clients, he draws on his unique perspective as a seasoned architect without sight, helping to realize environments that offer not only greater physical accessibility, but also a dimension of delight in architecture experienced through other senses.
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JENNIFER MURRAY woke after a night out with friends and thought her husband was playing a trick on her. She could not see anything and did not believe him when he said it was daytime.
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Visually Impaired, They Biked 16,000 Miles to See the World
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Oct 09, 2013
Television has the power to change lives. From our favorite sitcoms to the evening news, polls show that television is the lens through which Americans form opinions. Indeed, TV can have a stronger impact on both viewers and this country’s laws than even education or our own families.
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