by Genevieve McLachlan | Jan 26, 2018 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Assistance Dogs, Assistive technology, Learning Disabilitiy, Learning Support, Newsletter, Print Disability, TED Talk
This month’s newsletter features an article on Paddy the Assistance Dog who rescued a young boy from drowning; a TED talk from a woman who learned some valuable lessons from her sons who were both blind; an article on access customers and an article on how...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jan 24, 2018 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Be.Accessible, Social Change
Last week I completed my largest Be. Welcome assessment to date. Eight hours inside North City Shopping Centre in Porirua and I didn’t go shopping! Instead, I spent the day assessing all the public areas within the Mall. The assessment also includes reviewing...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jan 19, 2018 | Business Networking, Education, Leadership, Toastmasters
I’d like to share a video that was created by a friend and fellow Toastmaster and which won third place in a recent video contest. In it, Karen talks about the surprising things she’s learned from Toastmasters. Before I do that, I’d also like to tell...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jan 17, 2018 | Events, Medical Condition, Research, Retina NZ, Visual Impairment
Why is marketing approval for the first retinal gene therapy treatment for patients with blinding retinal degenerations so significant? Is there an exciting future for applying stem cell therapy to treating retinal disorders and what are the scientific and ethical...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jan 15, 2018 | Assistive technology, Education, Learning Disabilitiy, Learning Support, Print Disability
With the new school year about to start, I thought this video showing how ReadWrite Gold software can help students with Dyslexia and other learning difficulties would be very useful. Millions of students around the world are already using Read&Write from...
