Access Navigators

Access Portsmouth is now Access Navigators! We take the mystery out of #accessibility. Contact us to help bring Access to your community!

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

Looking for an easy (and beautiful!) accessible outing? Here's everything you need to know for a visit to Portsmouth NH's @prescottparknh. https://t.co/1PeHDuRcxP

[Seniority Authority @SeniorityAuth]

Bonus episode drops tomorrow!⁠
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In this exciting new episode with Todd Hanson, founder of Access Navigators, we talk about creating environments to be more inclusive for all types of abilities.

#inclusion #podcast #agingwell
#podcasting #seniors #aging #redefiningaging

[University of New Hampshire @UofNH]

Our @unhchhs nursing students helped gather data in this wonderful new project from @Access03801. Learn more from @MemoryWell: https://t.co/w3vDHlgq70 #ADA #UNHNursing #PortsmouthNH

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"More information would only encourage diners w/ disabilities to dine out w/ greater frequency. 'There’s this stereotype that we’re sad pitiful people who sit at home collecting benefits,' Liebowitz says. 'We contribute to the economy like everyone else.'" https://t.co/mbQqpCpDfI

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

Know your rights! Voters in #NH who are unable to enter the polling place due to a disability have the right to have an application for an absentee ballot, affidavit envelope and absentee ballot delivered to them in a vehicle outside the polling place. https://t.co/21qc8ERXx0

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

We're in Concord today! Join us for a great conference and say "hi."

[NH Dept Env Services @NHDES]

NH Complete Streets Conference is tomorrow! 29 Hazen Drive in Concord. Great presentations planned with reps from @NewHampshireDOT @BikeWalkNH @keenenh @Access03801 @snhpc @McFar_Johnson @Eco_Counter @BikeMaine @StayWorkPlay @ConcordNHGS (Registration link in the attached tweet)

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

The @TownCommon featured our work with the #Newburyport Commission on #Disabilities. "Most owners of restaurants & other eateries have been very receptive, Commission chair Donahue said. 'It's really a no brainer once we show them what we are doing.'" https://t.co/CWw9mIUq3g …

[Ray Vernon @mysokoni]

#PossAbilityTV is a new channel that aims to cover topics of interest to the disabled community. Full video release on Monday 17th September Watch “How to get back your mobility independence in the home promo video” on #Vimeo https://t.co/DTFUZ31Ipy

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

Four graduates of NH Leadership, a @unhiod program that provides information and strategies to effect change on disability-related issues, are running for #NHHouse state rep this year! https://t.co/ufDZtwl9p6

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"The end goals are universally popular, even if honoured more in the breach than the observance. The business case is often inarguable, and the legal case even more so. And yet, people glaze over when you start having That Talk…" https://t.co/Gya9Ih0y0I

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"We are not simply disabled by our bodies but by the way society is organised. It isn’t my use of a wheelchair that makes my life disabled, it’s the fact not all buildings have a ramp." https://t.co/5T0lQY4L8P

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

Did you know the the 30-year-old Technology-Related Assistance Act of 1988, also known as the Assistive Technology Act, requires states to operate an adaptive technology program to help people with disabilities? https://t.co/mSXMFZaGxK

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"Design is a way in which we can feel included in the world, but it is also a way in which we can uphold a person's dignity and their human rights… Design is an enormous privilege, but it is a bigger responsibility." https://t.co/6gl6UPDwJw

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

CDC report: "The most common disability type, mobility, affects 1 in 7 adults. With age, disability becomes more common, affecting about 2 in 5 adults age 65 and older." https://t.co/4CZ4lpdb1Z

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

A moving essay on healing and growth: "I don’t want to fix him. I don’t want him to be 'normal.' … His difference will help shape and define him. It is his gift to the world, just as it has been for me." https://t.co/vp5VVI0VZ5

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"Did you just read the word ableism and think to yourself 'What the hell is ableism?' Well, you’re in the right place." https://t.co/KqniM9WfTY

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"Launched in November 2017, Toyota Foundation’s Mobility Unlimited Challenge gives designers a chance to 'to break away from the metaphor that assistive technology is about some sort of chair and some sort of wheels on it'" https://t.co/KoVG55F8pv

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"Accessibility does not affect a few people. It involves billions of people. It affects everyone. Sooner or later. Take accessibility in your mind with everything you do. Make sure that everyone can participate. With imagination." https://t.co/8Fk3kCjXBn

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"Riddler agrees that the current symbol is extremely powerful and successful. But he points out that it really only works well for people with more visible disabilities, like those using wheelchairs or other visual aids." https://t.co/t0bb2SiT0G

[Access Navigators @Access03801]

"This profession historically has viewed themselves as able-bodied in the extreme" https://t.co/D892oiiUPL