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1st Place: Performing Arts Wheelchair Mechanical Engineering senior students at Purdue University created intelligent and inspiring prototype products, out of which the most innovative ones received the Malott Innovation Awards. At the 1st Place was the Performing Arts Wheelchair, which was created by the Team All World’s Stage (Alexandra Ziolkowski, Peter Callahan, Dongwei Bai, Zihao […]

“The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of […]

On the 4th and 5th of November all partners of the ACCESS4ALL project coming from 6 countries (Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Cyprus and France), met for the first time in Vienna, Austria in order to attend the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting. During the meeting the consortium had the chance to discuss the progress of the […]

Have you ever considered how people with disabilities experience the rapid digital transformation with the increasing use of digital devices and platforms after the COVID-19 pandemic? To what extent such marginalized social groups have been affected in terms of their digital inclusion? The ACCESS4All project acknowledging the lack of proper information and awareness-raising towards disability […]

Accessibility is a mult-dimentional issue concerning designers, decision-makers and professionals of several sectors; aiming at creating inclusive spaces and in extent inclusive cities. According to the World Health Organisation Report in 2011, several researchers have already identified the physical as well as the social aspects of disability. Physical disability is the physical condition that affects […]

The responsibility of enterprises for their impact on society   The impact of enterprises’ actions on the lives of EU citizens is decisive. Undoubtedly, they offer the products we demand, and they create the jobs we need, but they also have a decisive role in terms of working conditions, health, education and training.   Corporate […]

World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.   “90% of companies prioritize diversity, 4% consider disability”, “if just a 20% of the market has disability, how can you serve this market if you do not understand disabled people in their business?”  These statements are just a few examples of topics debated in the […]

The 2nd Principle in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The principle of “leaving no-one behind” is one of the six that guide the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. It represents the promise of the UN’ State Members to eradicate poverty in all its forms, and to combat […]

MPs said disabled people were considerably less likely to be in employment than non-disabled people and still faced ‘unacceptable barriers’. The gap between the proportion of disabled and non-disabled people in work has remained stubbornly high for years. The currently overly centralised model of support simply isn’t working. We need a radical new localised approach. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of neighbourhoods and how they fare in terms of walkability and wheelability. Neighbourhood walkability and wheelability are defined as the “measure of how well a neighbourhood fosters active forms of transportation.” Very walkable and wheelable neighbourhoods have built environments, or human-made surroundings, that support physical and social activity. Built environment design features that […]