VANESSA HARRIS: Hi, it's Vanessa Harris with Fun4theDisabled, bringing you the third installment of our Universal Design series. In the previous two installments, I talked with Kristine France Zuniga and Andrea Legarreta, two accessibility experts with the Chile...
VANESSA HARRIS: Hi, I'm Vanessa Harris with Fun4theDisabled, bringing you the second installment of our Universal Design series. In our first installment, I talked with Kristine France Zuniga, a trained architect and consultant with expertise in the accessibility of...
VANESSA HARRIS: Hi, This is Vanessa Harris with Fun4theDisabled. I'm here with Kristine France Zúñiga and Andrea Legarreta, who are experts from Chile on Universal Design & Universal Accessibility. Welcome to Fun4theDisabled. KRISTINE FRANCE ZUNIGA: Hi. Thanks for...
Today, as we observe International Persons with Disabilities Day, I want to share a deeply personal journey that led me to confront a harsh reality: we live in an ableist society, and it is killing us. Ableism, as aptly defined by abolitionist TL Lewis, is a system...
Check out our latest blog post on Universal Design practices implemented in Mexico and beyond! This blog written by Vanessa Harris, Sophia Jean, Hongji Feng and Ellie Benton was based on an interview Vanessa Harris conducted with Andres Balcazar. The blog post...
This guest post was written by Sophia Jean When Gymnastics star and Olympic champion Simone Biles arrived at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, everyone expected her to sweep through the competitions and deliver breathtaking performances. However, the pressure and stress that...
By Hongji Feng CHONGQING, CHINA In the past twenty years of my life, I have never walked into a blind massage parlor - people from countries like the United States probably have never heard of it. A massage given by blind therapists is an actual thing in China, and a...
> Hi. This is Vanessa Harris with Fun4theDisabled.com. Today, I’m having a conversation with Miss Judith Heumann -- > Hello. >> -- a human rights activist and a true icon. Hi, Judy. >> Hi. So are you, icon to icon. How are you? >> Okay. Judy is...
Name Disability Occupation Alice Beard dyslexia author Alicia Keys depression pianist, singer-songwriter Andrae Crouch dyslexia singer Barbara Jordan multiple sclerosis lawyer, educator, politician, civil rights leader Blind Tom Wiggins blind music prodigy, pianist,...
It is hard to imagine being in other people’s shoes, but it is even harder to imagine being in someone else’s chair. For Frank Petrie, the most common phrase he hears from non-wheelchair users is “I can only imagine.” This expression was the inspiration for “The View...
#Fun4thedisabled’s Vanessa Harris interviews Suz Ballout, a comedian, actor, and producer, about her struggles with mental health, as well as her Lebonese identity. She also discusses why it is common for comedians to have lived difficult lives....
#Fun4thedisabled interviews Christian Bagg, creator of the Bowhead Reach, a mountain bike for wheelchair users. He discusses his personal journey, and how the Bowhead Reach has allowed him to live his life without restricting his freedom to explore the world the way...