Technology and Innovation Increases Accessibility
What is so amazing about this article and so any others that we’ve come across is exactly that, the quantity! There are so many events that we hear about facilitating creativity and technology to help people with disabilities. This article by Christina Farr is about finding solutions to everyday tasks that may prove challenging with the use of crutches or wheelchairs. Technology can broaden the scope of ability and accessibility for people that rely on them, ultimately achieving more and more through innovation and colaboration. Techies and People With Disabilities Team Up for ‘Makeathon’ Corbett O’Toole wants to disrupt the wheelchair. I met O’Toole, a disability rights advocate, last Friday at a bustling maker space in downtown San Francisco. TechShop, a do-it-yourself workshop crammed with tools and equipment, was hosting a 72-hour “makeathon” for teams to develop assistive technology alongside people with disabilities. ...