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"A database of news and information about people with disabilities and disability issues"

Great (and long) post about how and why universal design is better positioned now than at any time in the past to succeed and become mainstream. Points include:

• Reason 1. World demographics are changing.
• Reason 2: World economies are changing.
• Reason 3: More societies throughout the world are valuing human diversity.
• Reason 4: Social sustainability is a natural part of the environmental sustainability movement.
• Reason 5: Attitudes about consumption are changing.
• Reason 6: Major corporations are developing ad campaigns that foster ease of use and inclusion.
• Reason 7: Mass customization is making it easier to develop universally designed solutions.
• Reason 8: Digital technologies are augmenting or eliminating static solutions to dynamic conditions.
• Reason 9: Design that works for everyone is starting to make sense to government officials at the local, regional, national, and global levels."

"PatriciaEBauer.com is a collection of news and commentary about disability issues drawn from news organizations around the United States and elsewhere.

As a journalist and the mother of a young adult with disabilities, I have often wondered why I was not able to find an online source for media coverage of issues relating to disability. Ultimately, I concluded that I needed to create such a resource myself.

I’ve attempted to create a crisply written website, updated regularly, that draws on a wide range of newspapers, magazines and other media resources to bring readers current reports on issues of interest to the disability community."