Listen to this Article Abator Launches 360-Access Online Service to Make the World a More Disability-Inclusive Place    360-Access is First to Provide Objective Information About Accessibility for the Disability Community Over 54 million Americans live with a disability. Despite these staggering numbers, and a discretionary spending budget of $490 billion, the disability community’s needs […]

Listen to this Article Fred Maahs, Jr. Editor, Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine Fred Maahs, Jr. is a passionate, recognized leader in the international disability community and in Corporate America.  He is also a renowned champion for diversity and inclusion. After more than 30 years as a Corporate Executive, Fred founded FJM Solutions, LLC in

Listen to this Article Email me with your questions about the Caribbean: rcelestina@readmelange.com Growing up in Curacao Welcome to my Mélange Column The how, the where and the when of traveling to the Caribbean in 2021 Confession: I am writing this before actual January 2021 when this issue of Caribbean Mélange is scheduled to hit your inbox.

Listen to this Article BUY A COPY Shunned How Love of Self Became My Redemption AUTHOR:  Patricia C. Daway PUBLICATION: June 2020 ISBN: 978-1-77136-885-8 PAGES: 69 SIZE: 5.5 x 8.5 inches “Expressed through a collection of poems, this book speaks of my quest for love and belonging, which for the formative years of my life, were entangled in webs

Fred Maahs, Jr. Listen to this Article I grew up attending Catholic schools and spent many hours during my youth studying the Bible, the Holy Land, and the origins of my faith during religion class or in church.  For me, Jerusalem and the birthplace of Christ were places that were held with absolute reverence.  I

Ringo Harrigan Listen to this Article The work of a few impacts many . . . Ringo Harrigan, a young man on the island of Curacao, who loves nature, agriculture, art and music, remembers quite vividly when he first became interested in the lives of people with disabilities. He was only 16 years old working

Listen to this Article In the complex world of Hollywood, success is not guaranteed, especially so if you are a person with a disability. But one of the few who have been able to achieve that sometimes-elusive success, is Nic Novicki. Nic attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the school of Film and Television,

Listen to this Article In Port Moody, just 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, a large pink sign on the ‘building of baked goodies’, tucked away at 2302B Clarke Street, heralds your arrival at Gabi & Jules Handmade Pies. On the street, you may see a parked van, colourfully wrapped in images of some of the

Mr. Keiji Kawahara, Executive Director Listen to this Article Mr. Kawahara’s Research My research theme at university and graduate school was ‘Design for the Handicapped’. In 1970’s, Sweden was the leader in this field, and I was also studying design journals and academic papers published in Sweden and other European countries. At that time, the concept

Listen to this Article Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease. Although diagnosed with osteoarthritis at the age of 24, Joshuanette’s effervescent, optimistic personality does allow her to wallow in self-pity. Every day, she continues to live her best life in whatever way her disease allows her to, on that day. When she first received her diagnosis,