Ted DrakeFeb 19
Irene Mbari-Kirika shared that list building is great for raising awareness (i.e. Accessible 100), but we need to consider how we go beyond the list creation. InABLE.org has been focusing on driving inclusive innovation in Africa and building the knowledge and support structure for entrepreneurs. http://InABLE.org
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Ted DrakeFeb 19
Geodetic Institute of Slovenia- Their project Enable multimodal mobility of people with various disabilities, was a disability-led creation of tactile maps and extensive reporting on the accessible features and access information for cities in Slovenia. They hosted workshops at local areas to support the project. The project solution is standardized and simple, so it can be easily transferred to other locations. https://accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa.eu/enabling-multimodal-mobility-persons-disabilities-slovenia_en?prefLang=da
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Enabling multimodal mobility of persons with disabilities in Slovenia

The cooperation of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy, the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, disability organizations and municipalities represents an advanced organizational model that has been successfully operating since 2015...

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Ted DrakeFeb 19
National Library of Singapore - Punggol Library includes a novel solution for accessing library books from a wheelchair perspective. The space was designed for easy access with wider aisles, no floor outlets, and defined routes through the space. They’ve also included programs, education, and support systems to support all guests. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/Accessibility
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Ted DrakeFeb 19
The Purple Vest Mission exists to help people in emergency situations. People with disabilities and the elderly may need assistance for accessible evacuation. Others may choose to remain in place, but need more support. Purple Vest steps in, leaving no one behind. https://purple-vest.net/
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We Don’t Leave You Behind The Purple Vest Mission exists to help people in emergency situations. People with disabilitiesand the elderly may need assistance for accessible evacuation. Others may choose to remain inplace, but need more support. Purple Vest steps in, leaving no one behind. For Donations Join our training JOIN OUR INiTIATIVE The Purple Vest […]

Purple Vest Mission
Ted DrakeFeb 19
Only 1% of disaster relief funding is dedicated to disability-led organizations. The remaining 99% is doing valuable work for people with a disability, but they are not working WITH disabled people. GADRA https://wid.org/gadra/
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Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) - World Institute on Disability

Global Disability Leadership in Disaster Response People with disabilities are 2-4 times more likely to be injured or die from disasters. Inadequate planning, inaccessible disaster assistance, and exclusion from decision-making all create barriers to resilience for disability-led organizations. GADRA matches…

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Ted DrakeFeb 19
A visual pictogram tool was launched at 2,000 Guardia Civil police stations throughout Spain. It’s installed on 20,000 tablets and used in diverse situations, from emergency response to assistance to vulnerable people. To put this in perspective, imagine every police officer had the tools to communicate with those who are Deaf, non-verbal, and do not speak the local language in a respectful manner. https://zeroproject.org/view/project/ed254811-7f52-f011-877b-6045bddd5972
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Communication Guide with Pictograms for Emergency Situations | Zero Project

Ted DrakeFeb 19
AccessibAll is providing solutions to ensure full accessibility and inclusion in football (soccer), creating equal and empowering experiences for every fan, regardless of disability. They’ve published a guideline for ensuring sporting events are inclusive. https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0291-1bc63c80c17d-3b06fdde0dbe-1000/uefa_accessibility_guidelines.pdf #zerocon26 #a11y
Ted DrakeFeb 18
Europe Beyond Access creates career opportunities for disabled and Deaf artists. They have created several toolkits for ensuing inclusive events. https://www.europebeyondaccess.com/resources/?_sft_resource=toolkit #zerocon26 #a11y
Resources - Europe Beyond Access

This section collects all the materials EBA has produced over the years. It is content that can be inspiring and useful to artists, companies, art and culture professionals, programmers, policymakers interested in broadening the horizons of the performing arts world.

Europe Beyond Access
Ted DrakeFeb 18
The Disability-20 is an effort to include disabilty as an official engagement group in the G20 organization https://ncpd.org.za/g20-d20/ #zerocon26 #a11y
G20 – Disability-20 - NCPD

NCPD - National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities
Ted DrakeFeb 18
Tilting the Lens' white paper on co-designing adaptive fashion with the disabled community https://tiltingthelens.com/about-us/reports/adaptive-fashion/ #zerocon26 #a11y
Co-designing adaptive fashion with the Disabled community - Tilting the Lens

Our first white paper offers a data-driven, open-source playbook for fashion brands to drive innovation and build trust with Disabled consumer market.

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