Disabled ‘apartheid’ to end
Shops, hotels and offices will soon be forced to widen corridors, install ramps and renovate toilets under new rules to improve access for the elderly, families with prams and people with disabilities.
The federal government will announce minimum access requirements today for public buildings built or renovated from May 1 next year. For the first time, there will be uniform building rules across Australia to end the isolation felt by as many as 4 million people who cannot properly use public facilities.
Full article: Disabled ‘apartheid’ to end
US Paralympic Broadcasts
Good news for viewers in the US! In addition to online video available from paralympic.tv, NBC will be broadcasting include a one-hour program recapping the Opening Ceremony on Saturday, March 13 (1-2 p.m. ET) and a two-hour highlights program on Saturday, April 10 (3-5 p.m. ET). 
In addition, Universal Sports will broadcast, for nine consecutive nights, a nightly two-hour show, covering the daily competition of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, beginning on Monday, March 15 at 6 p.m. ET (re-aired at 11 p.m. ET) and continuing nightly through Tuesday, March 23. UniversalSports.com will offer online video of the Universal Sports television coverage, plus full-length event rewinds.
We Push Sports
WHEELIE cATHOLIC has started a new blog, We Push Sports (great name!) specifically to highlight wheelchair and adaptive sports.
With the upcoming Paralympics, I hope to help draw attention to the event and those participating in it. If anyone knows a Paralympic athlete who would like to share his/her experiences, let me know. Or if you play wheelchair/adaptive or women’s sports and want me to know about your team, results or player profiles, please pass the information on via Twitter (below) or in the comments over at the blog.
Full entry: We Push Sports
Spread the Word to End the Word
How Politicians Think
Just when you thought politicians couldn’t get anymore unrealistic, Quick Sketch at How to be an Inspiration enlightens you:
We are not, she said, adequately housed. Contact your MP (Member of Parliament), she advised. And, having exhausted other avenues and being very suggestible, that is exactly what we did.
Full entry: Cometh the Man
Separate is not equal
IP at Modus Dopens hits the nail on the head:
There’s a pervasive myth that annoys the hell out of me, and I hope you’ll excuse me while I get it out of my system: it’s the idea that it’s ok for an institution to put in new inaccessible facilities as long as it also has some accessible ones elsewhere.
Full entry: Why separate resources ain’t good enough
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