How Does a Blind Person Use Their Smartphone to Improve Their Mobility?
How Does a Blind Person Use Their Smartphone to Improve Their Mobility?We know a guide dog can do many things for the mobility of its blind...
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Why Should Your Accessible Pedestrian Signals Have a Guiding Sound Corridor?
A guiding sound corridor provides blind and visually impaired users more safety while crossing the street.
Blindness, Low Vision, What Are the Different Forms of Visual Disability?
There are many types of visual impairment affecting the lives of millions in the world. But accessibility solutions can make their lives easier.
8 Clichés on Accessibility for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Do you really know about accessibility for the visually impaired or do you think you know? Let’s take down some clichés!
Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional Disability
Even though intellectual disability affects 1 to 3% of the world’s population, there are still a lot of preconceived ideas.
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How Does a Blind Person Use Their Smartphone to Improve Their Mobility?
The smartphone has revolutionized the mobility of blind and visually impaired people.
Why Should Your Accessible Pedestrian Signals Have a Guiding Sound Corridor?
A guiding sound corridor provides blind and visually impaired users more safety while crossing the street.
Blindness, Low Vision, What Are the Different Forms of Visual Disability?
There are many types of visual impairment affecting the lives of millions in the world. But accessibility solutions can make their lives easier.
8 Clichés on Accessibility for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Do you really know about accessibility for the visually impaired or do you think you know? Let’s take down some clichés!
Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional Disability
Even though intellectual disability affects 1 to 3% of the world’s population, there are still a lot of preconceived ideas.
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How to Create a Smart City for Blind and Visually Impaired People?
A smart city represents the gateway for a more accessible and inclusive city. Its sole purpose is to serve its citizens, including those with visual impairments.
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What Accessibility Solutions for Different Types of Physical Disabilities?
There are a multitude of physical disabilities and consequently, people with different ways of getting around. What about improving accessibility for them?
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Accessibility Data Collection: a Huge Challenge for Cities and Transit Networks
Collecting accessibility data enables cities and transit networks to maintain a seamless mobility chain for users. But they all don’t have the same needs…
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How to Guarantee a Seamless Mobility Chain to Users with Disabilities?
Find out how you can guarantee users with disabilities a seamless mobility chain throughout their whole trip thanks to easy solutions!
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What Is a Phygital Experience and How Can It Improve the Accessibility of Your Venue?
Phygital experiences can make a difference. For people with disabilities, this means more accessibility to services and information.
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What Accessibility Solutions for Different Types of Physical Disabilities?
What Accessibility Solutions for Different Types of Physical Disabilities? Usually, when we think about physical disabilities, we visualize a wheelchair pictogram related to wheelchair users. But physical disabilities also concern people with reduced mobility...
The Montreal Metro on the Way to Universal Accessibility
The Montreal Metro on the Way to Universal AccessibilityWith 1.36 million passengers per day, the Montreal metro is the first network in Canada and the third in North America behind New York City and Mexico City. The network, which was inaugurated on October 14, 1966...
Why Should Your Accessible Pedestrian Signals Have a Guiding Sound Corridor?
Why Should Your Accessible Pedestrian Signals Have a Guiding Sound Corridor? A guiding sound corridor brings more safety to blind and visually impaired pedestrians. They rely on accessible pedestrian signals at crossings to get around in the city with complete...
5 Must-Have Apps for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
5 Must-Have Apps for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People 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...
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