Debbie Austin In this issue of Accessibility for All, we explore what it means to live boldly and authentically in a world that too often defines others by their limits instead of their potential. You’ll meet individuals who are not just navigating disability but reshaping the conversation around it. Dr. Patti

Dr. Patti Bevilacqua “A person with multiple sclerosis walks into a bar… and a table, and a chair, and a wall.”  Dr. Patti Bevilacqua Dr. Patti Bevilacqua’s humour arrives before anything else: sharp, self-aware, and disarming. That’s how she opened her TEDx talk. And that’s how she opens conversations that matter. Her story doesn’t begin

Capella Design offers beautiful furniture and accessories that elevate the style and function of the home. The company’s mission is to reimagine home mobility so that everyone can enjoy a more functional space without compromising on aesthetics. This fall, Capella is bringing that same vision to hospitality. The team is building

By Saada Branker It takes one fall in the house to make us side-eye our own home. My father once slipped down a flight of stairs at home, landing in the basement and hurting his shoulder. Afterwards, he and my mother placed a larger mat near the first step for better

“Yes, I have a disability. But I am not a disabled musician, or a musician with a disability. I’m a musician.” Tim Palm Meet Tim Palm: 27, Swedish, electronic music producer, tech wizard, stage adventurer and owner of a setup he affectionately calls the “Spaceship” which is one part DIY engineering, one-part

By Danniel Swatosh, The Axis Project Jose Hernandez, Jessica De LaRosa and their dog, Mayim In mainstream narratives, disabled people are often cast as recipients of charity—people to pity awaiting rescue.  A Richard Pryor comedy routine comes to mind, where he plays a disabled person with a “cap in hand” begging

Lindsey Mazza For many years, Lindsey Mazza played a game no one else could see. It was a quiet game with just one goal: to be perceived as “normal.” Blend in, smile politely, don’t ask for help, don’t draw attention, don’t be an inconvenience. She calls it hiding in plain sight, and

The Center for Public Integrity held an event on July 26 — the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act — called “What is Home?” that explored the challenges of finding safe homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At the event, there were four storytellers with disabilities who

By John Manzella The advantages of dyslexia are extensive, but they often are not seized if the dyslexic student does not have access to quality special educational services. I’m a nationally syndicated columnist, author of several books and a speaker on global business, labor and economic trends. I’m also a beneficiary,

By Ellie Dolgin Even as scientists celebrate progress in the lab, a stigma-busting movement asserts that those with the autoimmune skin condition are more in need of acceptance than medicine Scientist John Harris doesn’t like to say the word “cure.” But after his discovery last year of a new strategy to