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 12, 2018 | Accessibility, Adaptive equipment, Assistive technology, Medical Condition, TED Talk, Visual Impairment
This TED Talk is well worth watching. When Kristin Smedley learned that her first child was born with a gene mutation that causes blindness, she believed the life she dreamt for her son was over. Smedley shares her very personal story of how she learned to see the...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Dec 6, 2017 | Leadership, TED Talk, Women in Business
This TED Talk is very powerful and has lessons for all of us businesswomen out there. Tracing her career as an engineer, advocate and mother in Abu Dhabi, Leila Hoteit shares three lessons for thriving in the modern world. Love her first lesson … Watch...
