Disabilities around the World
Clichés, facts and figures about people with special needs. In this category find out about disabilities around the world.
What is the difference between intellectual disability, mental disability and psychiatric disability? How many blind people and low-vision people are in your country? Go beyond clichés about deaf and heard-of-hearing people.
Get to know more about disabled people. You will be surprised!
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Visual disability
Brisbane: A City for Everyone
Currently in Australia, it has been estimated that approximately 357,000 people are either blind or experience some form of vision impairment. This number has been projected to increase to 564,000 by 2030. Taking into consideration these statistics, how can the City of Brisbane improve street navigation of people living with some form of visual limitation?
physical disability
How to Maintain Pedestrian Accessibility When Carrying out Street Works?
When street works and road works impact the road network, the design of accessible routes is essential to ensure that everyone, whether disabled or not, can move safely.
hearing disability
5 must-have apps for deaf and hard of hearing people in 2020
Technological breakthroughs can do miracles. For the 466 million people worldwide having disabling hearing loss (WHO), smartphones have become an essential tool to facilitate social interaction due to speech perception.
mental disability
Urban mobility of the most vulnerable: 5 minutes to understand
Ensuring urban mobility for all is a major challenge. The sidewalks that we walk every day without difficulty can be a source of anxiety and factor of social withdrawal for the most fragile people.
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