Disability
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Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, develop
Windover Archeological Site, location of the 15-year-old with spina bifida who was taken care of in a hunter-gather community
A sign in Taiwan showing a wheelchair accessibility ramp
Museum of disABILITY History, Buffalo, New York
A 28-year-old Iraqi woman who lost both of her legs during the Iraq War in 2005
Accessibility
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Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments to be usable by disabled people. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible developments ensures
Disability
…when disability activists began to challenge how society treated disabled people and the medical approach to disability. Due to this work, physical barriers to access were identified. These conditions functionally disabled them, and what is now known as the social model of disability emerged. Coined by Mike Oliver…
Elevator buttons with Braille markings
The public transport system in Curitiba, Brazil, offers universal access via wheelchair lifts.
Ramps and mobi-mats enable wheelchair users to visit a sandy seashore.
The Opportunities Fair and Beyond Art Exhibition was organised in Birmingham, England, to help people with disabilities and their carers find out what services, support and opportunities are available to them.