John Anderson asked this rhetorical question today on CNN.com, “Are the Oscars stuck in the past?” Is it because the Oscars were not forward-thinking, as Anderson suggested, or that Hollywood is merely responding to a trend that is already evident in political discourse: the growing impact of the baby boomer generation as it gets older?
Read More Oscars: Stuck in the Past, Or Back to the FutureThe Blind Film Critic – best known for his critiques of popular movies from his perspective – demonstrates in a video how he withdraws $400 from a Bank of America ATM.
Read More Blind Film Critic Demonstrates How To Withdraw Money from ATM (Video)Lee Ridley of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, has cerebral palsy and lost his voice at an early age. He cleverly pokes fun at himself in this entertaining video of his debut performance.
Read More First-Time Comedian With Cerebral Palsy And No Voice Delivers LaughsBBC News posted a story about Nike’s commitment to developing running soles for Össur’s prosthetic legs that can stand up to the rigors of running. Taken together, Nike and Össur’s products merge into a beautiful, clean design that also makes a fashion statement.
Read More Legless FashionistasThis week, I came across two articles on my feed that illustrated the friction between two overlapping approaches in the disability market: protecting people with disabilities by law, and encouraging people with disabilities to be independent and work for themselves.
Read More Blind Entrepreneurs: Should Their Businesses Be Protected by Law?S.E. Smith, a social activist with a disability, wrote last week on her This Ain’t Livin’ blog that universal design “does not mean ugly design.”
Read More It’s Not Ugly Design: A Disabled Blogger Makes A Case for Universal DesignA texting app for the blind, developed for the iPhone, could have an unintended safety benefit for the rest of us who keep walking into other people while sending messages.
Read More Texting Without Bumping into SomeoneAs CNN Money reports today, wireless capacity is dwindling while demand is still surging. At some point, something will give, and it will be higher costs as service quality erodes.
Read More We Are In A Mobile BubbleElderly people with late-life disabilities seek a high quality of life based on a sense of dignity and a sense of control. It is an essential piece of market intelligence for businesses that market to people with disabilities.
Read More Elderly People with Disabilities Want Dignity And a Sense of Control, Say SF ResearchersAn article in this week’s Bloomberg BusinessWeek on health care jobs makes an interesting case for businesses – which have traditionally focused on younger generations – to continue marketing to baby boomers as they have always done since the 1940s.
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