Disability Empowered

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  Jason Leow

  

  Interacting With This Therapy Bot Can Help Children With Autism Perfect Their Social Skills

  futurism.com - Kristin Houser

  QTrobot holds the children's gazes for longer than humans. ON THE SPECTRUM. A child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might have trouble …

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  Jason Leow

  

  Unlocking Creativity in the Name of Inclusion

  ideo.org

  Breaking down bias through play

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  Jason Leow

  

  How Microsoft fixed the worst thing about product packaging

  Fast Company - Mark Wilson

  Thanks in no small part to Apple, packaging design is a major part of the design process at many companies today. So when designing the new Xbox Adaptive Controller–a gamepad for people who might not have use of their limbs at all–Microsoft realized it also had to figure out how to build a box for …

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  Jason Leow

  

  The most valuable person you haven't hired yet

  Fast Company - Suzanne LaBarre

  When you think about disabled people, strength and independence probably do not come to mind. But those of us who live with disabilities must be doing something right. Thirty percent of the U.S. workforce has some kind of disability. That’s a lot of us, many of whom are also living on our own. And …

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  Jason Leow

  

  On a mission to remove wheelchair roadblocks in the CBD

  straitstimes.com - Janice Tai

  A project to map out wheelchair-friendly routes in the Central Business District (CBD) is on the cards. The Disabled People's Association (DPA) is …

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  Jason Leow

  

  Designing for accessibility is not that hard

  uxdesign.cc - Pablo Stanley

  Seven easy-to-implement guidelines to design a more accessible web ❤️ Digital accessibility refers to the practice of building digital content and …