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Thursday, May 12, 2016
New App Will Serve As ‘TripAdvisor’ For People with Disabilities
Who knew stairs would lead to a positive step in
accessibility?
After booking a “wheelchair accessible” hotel that ended up
having stairs, a software engineer and wheelchair user in Ireland is developing
an app called Access Earth that allows people with mobility disabilities to
rate restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions around the world based on how
accessible they are.
App users will answer “yes” or “no” questions about things
like bathrooms, elevators, stairs and more with the option to leave a review based
on their experience.
“By allowing users to have a voice on this topic, we hope
that this will further push the issue of accessibility and help improve
standards across the globe,” Matt McCann, the creator of Access Earth told The
Huffington Post. “Ultimately we want to change the accessible tourism market
and become a ‘TripAdvisor for accessibility,’ giving people who have
accessibility issues a more equal experience of travel.”
McCann, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, got
the idea to start the app in 2012, after he discovered a hotel he had booked,
which had advertised online that it was wheelchair accessible, actually was
not.
To read more on this story, click here: New App Will Serve As ‘TripAdvisor’ For People with Disabilities
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Snow White, Boy with Autism Share Sweet Moment
Young love!
The mother of a toddler with autism captured a sweet moment
between her son and a Disney princess on a recent trip to Disney World.
Amanda Coley uploaded a video of her two-year-old son Jack
Jack and Snow White on Facebook and YouTube earlier this week. She said in the
post that her son wanted nothing to do with any of the characters, until he met
Snow White.
“You see, he has autism and is non-verbal,” Coley wrote in
a May 9 YouTube post. “He is on the shy side with people he does not know.”
To read more on this story, click here: Snow White, Boy with Autism Share Sweet Moment
Sunday, May 8, 2016
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