Tag Archives: access

What is Web Accessibility?

Posted on April 13, 2023 by mpgarcia

According to the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), web accessibility means “that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.” All people with disabilities can benefit from accessible web design and development. … Continue reading →

Posted in Answer Queue | Tagged access, Disabilities, disability, inclusion, NIDILRR, W3C, WAI, web accessibility | Leave a comment

FEBHI: A Federation of Associations in Spain that Support and Assist People with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Posted on May 5, 2022 by mpgarcia

Since 1980, the Spanish Federation of Associations on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (FEBHI, acronym in Spanish) (in Spanish) has worked towards making universal accessibility in products, services, and environments a reality for people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus (EBH, acronym … Continue reading →

Posted in Organization, Spanish | Tagged access, accessibility, Awareness, EBH, employment, FEBHI, hydrocephalus, inclusive employment, Spanish, Spanish Federation of Associations on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Spanish-language, spina bifida, support, universal accesibility | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community July 2019

Posted on July 25, 2019 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a person with a disability and would like to be more physically active. What information and resources … Continue reading →

Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #ResearchInFocus, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility, accessible sports, adaptive sports, adults, assistive technology, AT, children, community participation, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, exercise, healthy lifestyles, inclusion, intellectual disabilities, minorities, mobility disabilities, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, obesity, participation, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, recreation, Research In Focus, social inclusion, wheelchair sport | Leave a comment

APEBI: Organizing Programs for People with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Argentina

Posted on June 10, 2019 by mpgarcia

The Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association (APEBI, acronym in Spanish) in Argentina was created in 1975 and is dedicated to the development of prevention, assistance, recreational, sport, and rehabilitation programs for people with spinal bifida, hydrocephalus, and other disabilities. APEBI … Continue reading →

Posted in Organization, Spanish | Tagged #APEBI Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association, access, Argentina, Awareness, Disabilities, disability, equal opportunities, hydrocephalus, inclusion, people with disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language, spina bifida | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for April 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I have been recently diagnosed with a disability. I work part time and go to school part time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas, Right Resources Right Now | Tagged access, accommodations, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, barriers, barriers to employment, comunity, Employees with disabilities, employment, housing accommodations, inclusion, Inclusive Education, reasonable accommodations, reasonable accommodations in employment, sports, students with disabilities, technical assistance, technology, transition, transition to adulthood, university accommodations, Work ACCESS | Leave a comment

Traveling with a Disability: Accessible Tourism

Posted on August 18, 2017 by mpgarcia

Planning the perfect trip involves many components, whether you’re going to the next town over or to the other side of the world. These can include researching your destination and its various attractions; booking long-distance travel that may involve planes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Right Resources Right Now | Tagged accesible hospitality, accesible travel, accesible vacations, access, accessible tourism, accessible transportation, accessible travel, accessible vacations, ADA National Network, Disabilities, ENAT, inclusion, NIDILRR, REHABDATA, traveling with disabilities, TSA | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community

Posted on December 22, 2016 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged AAC, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility barriers, aging at home, assistive technology, assistive technology for older adults, augmentative and alternative communication, autoimmune disease, cerebral palsy, CP, development pneumatic power wheelchair, digital literacy, e-inclusion, education, elderly, employment, health care settings, inclusion, Inclusive Education, intellectual disabilities, JAN, Job Accommodation Network, job accommodations, online education, PneuPaw, R&D&i, RERC TechSAge, RERC-ACT, The Pass It On Center, young adults | Leave a comment

Cool Tech from Festival ADA

Posted on July 27, 2015 by naricspotlight

It was a gorgeous Saturday afternoon when we hit the pavilions at Festival ADA! We set up a table with samples of publications from the NIDILRR grantee community and chatted with people about technology, inclusion, employment, parenting, gaming, and so … Continue reading →