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The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) is creating a new User/Expert Lab in our Boston headquarters and is currently seeking to recruit user/experts to be part of our participant database and on-call for design research projects.
DRF is a grantmaking collaborative between donors and the global disability community which supports the human rights of persons with disabilities. DRF empowers DPOs in the Global South, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to participate in implementation and monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD).
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday barred the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission from issuing permits for taxicabs unless they’re accessible to people who use wheelchairs, a decision that was praised by advocates for the disabled as a milestone that could have national implications.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public accommodations (businesses and non-profit organizations) to provide goods and services to people with disabilities on an equal basis with the rest of the public. Businesses and non-profit organizations that serve the public are to remove architectural barriers when it is "readily achievable" to do so.
