11 Items Tagged

Disability

A Dozen Accessible Fall Hikes to Delight and Inspire

For nature lovers of all stripes.

Jonathan Carey November 4, 2022

Carlow, Ireland

Delta Sensory Gardens

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.

The Quest to Honor Disabled Patients Buried in Anonymous Graves

Historically, institutions often interred their dead with simple markers. In Massachusetts, researchers are learning about the patients' lives and the facilities' fraught legacies.

Asia London Palomba July 1, 2021

Sculpture of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.

How a Blacksmith in Jordan Created His Own Sign Language

Hội An, Vietnam

Reaching Out Teahouse

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

Minturn, Colorado

Julia’s Deck

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

The Controversial Process of Redesigning the Wheelchair Symbol

It has its own emoji, but where did the new Accessible Icon come from?

Natasha Frost March 29, 2018

The 1977 Disability Rights Protest That Broke Records and Changed Laws

The 504 Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.

Britta Shoot November 9, 2017

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marathon of Hope Mile 0

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf Who Challenged Slavery, Meat-Eating, and Racism

Benjamin Lay is not to be overlooked.

Natasha Frost September 11, 2017