Tag: DisabilityRights
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Singapore Proves It: 99.5% Good Infrastructure – Freedom Is the Next Step
Singapore 🇸🇬’s Disability Trends Report 2024 fascinating — from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), among the most complete disability datasets in…
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Thailand’s Support System for People with Disabilities: How Does It Work?
We all know the parts we touch directly — the disability allowance, the pink card. Today, let’s look at the whole system. How does…
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Air Travel Has Another Problem, But Finally…
A few days ago, an electric wheelchair user was getting ready to fly. She did everything right—notified the airline in advance, followed all the…
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ADA: One Law That Changed Everything
Before ADA — no curb cuts, no bus lifts. Wheelchair users crawled into stores. Judy Heumann, polio at 18 months, was denied a teaching…
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55% Is Not a Coincidence – An Article Everyone Should Read
There’s a number I want everyone to read and stop to think about — 55%. Research from the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, using…
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10 Requirements for a Good Sidewalk
“10 Requirements for a Good Sidewalk” A good sidewalk should let people travel continuously from start to finish. Here is a simple 10-point checklist…
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Joining Forces to Build a Better City for Everyone
Bangkok’s next election is getting closer. City-development networks have continued working together as a bloc. Over the past four years, from the days when…
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Vietnam’s New Employment Law Is Exactly How It Should Be Done!!!
First, Vietnam elected its first representative with a disability to parliament. Now, a groundbreaking employment law follows. “The question isn’t whether they are capable,…
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“U.S. Probes Texas School for Cutting Special Ed Classrooms!!!”
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a formal investigation on April 15 after New Home ISD in Texas cut special…
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Did You Know? The Tactile Paving You See Every Day Was Born from Friendship in Japan
In 1965, 61 years ago, Seiichi Miyake invented tactile paving to help a close friend who was losing his sight. Two years later, the…