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Blog Post : Technology Used to Counter Abuse of Disability Parking TVNZ One News reported new technology that allows monitoring of mobility parking spaces. The new technology is touted…

January 31 2012, 11:38am | Comments
Blog Post : New Zealand Media Continues To Use Inappropriate Disability Language Journalists need to respect disability language. There have been many instances of the use of the expression "Wheelchair…

December 13 2011, 12:23pm | Comments
Blog Post : Taking Advantage Of Web Technologies To Increase Service Provision And Decrease Costs This article is the entire text of the research paper I prepared for my presentation at the Disability…

November 28 2011, 10:01pm | Comments
Blog Post : When Admiration Reflects Low Expectations I use a wheelchair. At least once a week I overhear comments from well-meaning, but ignorant people about…

October 29 2011, 12:36pm | Comments
Blog Post : Wheelchair Innovations and Designs There was a blurb about a new "8-speed chair" in the NZ Herald's Tech Universe of 17 October.…

October 20 2011, 1:33pm | Comments
Blog Post : Disappointing Level of Accessibility from Australian Web Awards 2011 Entries I judged the entries to the Australian Web Awards 2011 for accessibility. I was extremely disappointed by the…

September 16 2011, 11:11am | Comments
Blog Post : 20 Years of ADA in the USA - Have Things Really Changed? Yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). I tweeted about…

July 27 2011, 12:39pm | Comments
Blog Post : Curb Cut To Nowhere There is an interesting curb cub on Massey University campus. It leads to a flight of stairs. There…

July 13 2011, 10:46am | Comments
Blog Post : Verizon Settles A Disability Discrimination Employment Suit For US$20 Millions The US EEOC announced that telecommunications company Verizon settled a disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit alleged that Verizon…

July 7 2011, 9:07am | Comments
Blog Post : Air New Zealand's Grabaseat Discriminate Against People With Disabilities I was just made aware of a promotion @Grabaseat ran over the weekend: A competition to win tickets…

June 14 2011, 10:11am | Comments
Blog Post : Jack Kevorkian Dies at Age 83 The Atlantic Wire reports that Jack Kevorkian died today. I have mixed feelings on Dr. Death's end. I…

June 4 2011, 6:44am | Comments
Blog Post : Disability Humour Is Part Of Disability Culture Disability humour is part and parcel of disability culture. If you tell me that I shouldn't make disability…

June 1 2011, 9:52am | Comments

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