In a recent interview with the head of accessibility at Google, Christopher Patnoe, I uncovered five remarkable ways technology is transforming the lives of disabled people. From enabling accessible navigation to enhancing gaming experiences, these innovations are making a significant difference. 1. Accessible Navigation with Google Maps Google Maps has become a powerful tool for… Continue Reading
social change
Change Makers Assemble
I’ve been wanting to share a few thoughts on making change and those who drive it. The change makers. So with the disability power 100 event taking place this week, straight after Purple Tuesday, there couldn’t have been a more perfect time to publish. Firstly I want to congratulate the Purple Tuesday and Shaw Trust… Continue Reading
World Changers Academy Launch
My mission to create a fully inclusive world drives everything I do. One of the hurdles I’ve had to overcome is not getting stagnant in life. Both personally and professionally. Its jùst not possible to change the world when you stop your own growth. In recent years I have learned from the worlds best teachers,… Continue Reading
The Power of Collaboration
Despite having kept up my pledge to blog more, I realised it’s time for a more thoughtful, reflective and informational post. Did you enjoy the Spain posts and hot air balloon video by the way? Anyway, it hit me today that its already July! Unbelievable. Since getting back from Spain in April; there’s been great… Continue Reading
EEDR Trip Bloopers and Outtakes
Check out all the mistakes, mishappenings and misgivings on the roadtrip. I encourage you to laugh along 🙂
Final Video of EEDR
Since arriving back from the EEDR I had that much needed shower (after the hotel issues at the end of the trip), had some home cooked food and slept. Following a trip back to London and attending the Stelios Award event, I have been in ‘searching’ mode. I have been mulling over what the trip… Continue Reading
John Lennon: Imagine (the disability version)
Whilst on my Epic European trip I saw a lot of things that ‘disabled’ myself and many other people living in 2012. I also listened to a lot of music, considered theoretically simple solutions and wrote some poetry. The solutions will be proposed in my imminent report and the poetry remains personal; however I have… Continue Reading
EEDR: day 18 – A big thank you and goodbye from Brussels
The final video of the #EEDR comes from outside the European Parliament! Having met the accessible tourism office and The European Disability Forum (covering the 60m disabled people in the EU); I chanced my arm with the big guys! Big thanks to you for crowd funding, following and supporting this project. The report, meetings and… Continue Reading