Good news for documentary lovers who want to see more people with disabilities represented on film. An upcoming documentary has been green-lighted by the BBC. It stars blind adventurer Amar Latif and comedian Sara Pascoe. According to his website, Latif is the founder of Traveleyes, a world unique and award-winning travel company specializing in holidays for both blind and sighted travelers. In 2004, Amar set out to explore the world but was rejected by mainstream travel companies. You can follow his adventures on Twitter.
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Unlocking the Key to Travel for Families with Autism
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Op-Ed: United Airlines Offers Seatback In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) That Is Truly Accessible
Justin Yarbrough (left) works as an accessibility specialist for Rio Salado College, an online community college based in Tempe, Arizona. His positive experience using IFE for the blind on United Airlines led him to ask: why can’t other airlines follow their lead? READ MORE
The Tribulations of Travel with an Autistic Child
As part of her regular column, U.K.-based equal rights and accessibility campaigner Emma Spagnola (left) describes the experience of taking her six-year-old son Mason, who is autistic, abroad on holidays. Traveling with children is never easy but add the ‘A’ word onto that and it is incredibly hard, she says. Find out more about the hurdles that she faces. READ MORE
New Emojis Can Help People With Disabilities Feel More A Part of the Smartphone World
This month the Unicode Consortium released a 2019 update to their collection of emojis with some people, but not all, praising designers’ efforts to be more inclusive and diverse. The symbols, now ubiquitous in electronic messages, will be available on most platforms in the fall. Of the 230 just-released emojis, Unicode includes more options for people (of varying gender, skin and hair color) who use hearing devices, prosthetics, a white cane, guide dogs, service dogs, and wheelchairs, according to Forbes.com READ MORE
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