Warning: Photosensitive Epilepsy and Incredibles 2

Just a few days after it came out, word came out that the animated family superhero movie Incredibles 2 causes seizures. This could easily have been avoided if the animators did not use strobe and flashing lights. These stimuli are very damaging for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Flashing lights also impact the nervous system, causing long-lasting fatigue.

Safe Spaces for Minority Populations

Hi readers.  I would like to share with you a Facebook post written on July 11, 2017 by my friend Pablo Mendoza about the need for safe spaces for minority populations on college campuses.  Although he does not address issues related to people with disabilities, I believe they too easily fit into his argument for the need for safe spaces. Have a read and see what you think…

Fashion and People with Disabilities

In conjunction with the 25^th anniversary of the Americans withDisabilities Act, National Public Radio aired a story entitled “From Canes to Closures, Designing with Style for People with Disabilities” about creating accessibility tools that are functional and fashionable at the same time. 

Americans with Disabilities Act— 25th Anniversary

Today is the 25^th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  It was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990.  At the time, President Bush compared the ADA to the fall of the Berlin Wall and declared, “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.”

The law’s intent is to give equal rights and opportunity to all people with disabilities, seen and hidden.  Disability is defined