Listen It’s been nearly eighteen months since Disability Horizons went live and in that short period the growth of this magazine has been phenomenal and flattering. We now have tens of thousands of readers from countries across the world and our pipeline of articles grows day by day. To accommodate this growth and to ensure [...]
Listen From the very best bits to what you’ve been talking about, we’ve got the Paralympic Games 2012 covered! So, we’ve just experienced day one of the London Paralympics 2012, kicked off by one of the biggest Paralympic Opening Ceremonies I’ve ever seen. If you missed it, check out our photo gallery from inside the stadium, [...]
Listen With the Paralympic Games starting in London in just two days, Disability Horizons Co-editor and London resident, Martyn Sibley, shares his top tips on travelling around the UK’s capital. We all know that tens of thousands of visitors have been heading to the UK (and in particular London) this summer to be part of [...]
Listen As part of our “Ask the readers” series of articles, we invite readers to respond to practical questions that members of the Disability Horizons community have posed. If you can assist with any of the questions posed in this post, please use the comments section at the bottom of this article. If you have [...]
Listen Here at Disability Horizons, we regularly keep an eye out for any new gizmos, gadgets and apps that might help disabled people in their quest for greater independence. As part of our regular “Useful gizmos and gadgets” series, Co-Editor Srin Madipalli invites readers to share their experiences of the new generation of accessibility applications [...]
Listen Here at Disability Horizons, we regularly keep an eye out for any new gizmos, gadgets and apps that might help disabled people in their quest for greater independence. As part of our regular “Useful gizmos and gadgets” series, co-editor Srin Madipalli talks about his experience of using a brand new app for finding taxis [...]
Listen In the second of our Nokia Accessibility technology series, Co-Editor Srin Madipalli tests out the Thera-Vital exercise bike, the latest in technology enabling people with mobility limitations to exercise. When it comes to exercise and fitness, I’ll be the first to confess that I procrastinate, dither and make any excuse to avoid having to do anything. [...]
Listen Today we launch the first of our “Ask the readers” series of articles where we invite readers to respond to practical questions that members of the Disability Horizons community have posed. If you can assist with any of the questions posed in this post, please use the comments section at the bottom of this [...]
Listen Following on from last week’s article about arriving in Sydney, only to find his wheelchair badly damaged by Singapore Airlines, Co-Editor Srin writes from his travels with some better news! He also invites readers to share their negative experiences with airlines to help bring some much needed exposure of the issue. Good news! I have my [...]
Listen Ben Carpenter, Strategic Advisor at Race Online 2012, tells Disability Horizons why the internet should be accessible for everyone. Race Online 2012 was founded by Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion. Martha Lane Fox is UK Digital Champion and founder of Race Online 2012, an ambitious national campaign aiming to make the UK the world’s [...]
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