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| Description: | Precipitating Dialogue on Travel, Disability, and Universal Design |
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25 most recent entries:
Strategies for Promoting Universal Design in the US (Nov 22 2008 17:24 GMT)
The US elections signaled the mainstreaming of a frustration with confrontation and gridlock in addressing the common good of societies. Whether Republican, democrat, or independent the mantra was "Change!" Here the message has consistently been that the change that is...
Rebuild Iowa Advisory Commission Recommends Universal Design (Nov 21 2008 21:52 GMT)
The worst natural disaster in Iowa history was the severe weather and flooding that hit the state of Iowa during the months of May and June 2008. Governor Chet Culver called it the "500 year flood". It displaced 40,000 Iowans....
3º Workshop de Acessibilidade no Recife (Portuguse) (Nov 21 2008 18:11 GMT)
Reporte sobre o 3º Workshop de Acessibilidade no Recife....
Konrad Kaletsch on Who's "Normal" (Nov 20 2008 22:07 GMT)
The fundamental cognitive shift necessary to apply Universal Design is to overcome the mental barrier that attributes "normalcy" to some and results in "exclusion by design" for others. Konrad Kaletsch is tackling that problem in his post Universal Design: You...
Mike Vowels on the Triple Bottom Line of Universal Design (Nov 20 2008 18:50 GMT)
Mike Vowels of Stewardship Remodeling has just published an article on sustainability's triple bottom line for the Eastside Business Journal - Sustainability and Remodeling your Home.. He observes that "Only in the past five years, however, has sustainability become...
Accessible Portugal Online Magazine (Nov 19 2008 00:29 GMT)
Accessible Portugal Online Magazine offers some travel itineraries based around the arts in Portugal. http://www. accessibleportugal. com/revista/2008/Novembro/site html...
GAATES special Award of Recognition to Eduardo Alvarez (Nov 18 2008 23:27 GMT)
From GAATES: It is with praise and thanks that the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) presents Eduardo Alvarez with a special Award of Recognition in honour of his outstanding leadership in the creation of the first...
Follow up on Rami Rabby, DragonAir, and the CRPD (Nov 18 2008 23:20 GMT)
You may recall Jim Fruchterman's report on the injustice he witnessed being done to former US State Department employee Rami Rabby on a DragonAir flight. Below are further developments including Ravi's letter to Chinese president Hu Jin Tao...
Eden Social Welfare Foundation and ICAT 2009 (Nov 18 2008 11:40 GMT)
Eden Social Welfare Foundation of Taiwan has been a driving force behind the development of Inclusive Tourism throughout Asia. Taipei was the site of the First International Conference for Accessible Tourism (ICAT) 2005 (Opening keynote address here.) The organization...
Entornos Maritimos Inclusivos ("Waypoint-Backstrom Principles") (Spanish) (Nov 17 2008 16:43 GMT)
El Diseño Universal es una tradición, pensada para tierra, originada por el arquitecto tetrapléjico Ron Mace y sus colegas durante los años 70. Aplicado sistemáticamente y modificado al entorno marino, esta aproximación de diseño comenzó a ser conocido como los...
Taxi! (Portuguese) (Nov 16 2008 00:28 GMT)
Enasio sensivel por Laurinda Alves no blog A minha crónica de sexta-feira passada no jornal Público. É impossível não ficarmos indignados perante as reacções e declarações de responsáveis que se recusam a incluir os que têm necessidades especiais. A mim...
Responsible Tourism at WTM (Nov 15 2008 18:55 GMT)
From eTurboNews.com by Nelson Alcantara Messages and pleas for providing clean water and spearheading peace through tourism in the next 20 years have been conveyed in the past four days at London’s largest travel exhibition. The word responsible has taken...
New in Canada: Accessible Travel (Nov 14 2008 16:51 GMT)
Community Solutions Limited of Greater Toronto Canada has launched a new service and web site Linking People & Places. Congratulations to CSL and especially Nancy Gagnon who guided creation of this initiative from its inception and now serves as...
And Even More Design for All - Enabled by Design (Nov 13 2008 16:08 GMT)
Yesterday it was time to celebrate the forthcoming issue of Design for All India . The day before we had the chance to highlight again Wendy Jordan's book Universal Design for the Home. Today have a look at a new...
Special Issue of Design for All India on Inclusive Tourism (Nov 12 2008 16:44 GMT)
Design for All India is the journal of the Indian Institute for Technology Delhi on Universal Design. I have selected this graphic for the November 2008 special issue on Inclusive Tourism in India. In the foreground is Craig Grimes...
Historic Renewal in India: Svayam and the Ministry of Tourism (Oct 27 2008 16:32 GMT)
Photo courtesy of Kavita Agrawal, Svayam Inclusive Destination Development continues to experience success in India. Most recently Svayam and the Ministry of Tourism conducted a training for more than 60 government and business representatives on Inclusive Tourism. As the...
Sirens Resort: An Inclusive Experience in Loutraki, Greece (Oct 26 2008 17:29 GMT)
Looking for someplace to stay in Greece tht has given thought to wheelchair access? From their web site: SIRENS RESORT is a complex of 5 fully accessible apartments, built by the higher standards to provide easy access to wheelchair...
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Change, Challenge, & Collaboration (Oct 25 2008 22:57 GMT)
The Ninth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Change, Challenge, & Collaboration will be held April 28 and 29, 2009 at the Ohio State University's Columbus Campus. ttp://ada. osu.
Edificos Adaptados (Spanish) (Oct 25 2008 00:42 GMT)
Resulta paradójico que se erijan proyectos de tecnología avanzada, de elevadísimo presupuesto, con el objeto de incorporar avances de sostenibilidad cuestionables o de complejidad estructural y se desatienda flagrantemente posibilitar una arquitectura centrada en las necesidades reales. "Se tiende...
Blog Action Day: Followup & Followthrough (Oct 24 2008 23:58 GMT)
The 2008 Blog Action Day on Poverty included: 12,800 Bloggers 14,053 Blog Posts 13,498,280 Readers The RollingRains.com contribution was "The Disability & Poverty Nexus - and Tourism as a Path to Sustainability" And work on the disability and poverty...
Why the Focus on Homes at a Site about Travel? (Oct 24 2008 14:39 GMT)
Occasionally the question arises, "What's with the interest in home design when the main topic here is travel?" The answer is, "Because trends in home design are currently our best demonstration of future trends in hospitality design." Terms like "livability"...
The Universal Design Renovations Website (Oct 23 2008 16:20 GMT)
We have mentioned Alex Cochran's very public Universal Design home makeover before. InfoLink has just published a release on the project highlighting the way it is serving as a beacon to the industry: ?When my partner Desiree suffered a significant...
Ready to Make a Film? - The Diverse Voices Project (Oct 23 2008 05:07 GMT)
The Diverse Voices Project III, with up to $100,000 in co-production funding available to emerging filmmakers, is P.O.V.'s initiative to support stories about diverse communities. This co-production initiative is dedicated to supporting emerging filmmakers.
Vacation Rentals: A Market for Universally Designed Homes? (Oct 22 2008 00:32 GMT)
The PhoCus Wright Bloggers Summit is approaching. As I look at the various conference topics I keep being drawn to one that has direct relevance to the hottest Universal Design market -- people's homes. While countries around the world...
Related Story: Endless Vacation Rentals (Oct 22 2008 00:05 GMT)
A few hours after posting Vacation Rentals: A Market for Universally Designed Homes? Endless Vacation Rentals by Wyndham Worldwide sent out a press release highlighting the new PhoCusWright research on the $24 billion vacation rentals market. Key findings from...
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