Many of the 80 million wheelchair users worldwide will never have had a chance to play wheelchair sports. My research seeks to change that.
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The ‘right to repair’ empowers consumers to fix and modify the products they purchase. When it comes to medical devices, the right to repair can help save lives.
When Doris Taylor became paralysed, her mother was advised to put her in a Home for Incurables. Instead, Doris helped elect a reforming South Australian premier and founded a national institution.
In order to create an efficient future transportation system, autonomous vehicles need to accommodate people with different mobility needs.
New technologies and services aren’t creating irreversible damage, even though they do generate some harms. Preemptive bans would stifle innovation and block potential solutions to real problems.
People with disabilities are often disappointed with their devices’ performance, and choose not to use them. To encourage innovation, a new competition tests assistive technologies.
We all know the media is influential. We also know the media’s portrayal of disability issues and disabled people is uneven. Such biases are also evident in the portrayal of the technology employed by…
Equipment such as wheelchairs or prosthesis is fundamental in allowing some people with disabilities to carry out the tasks of daily living. But in the endeavour to go higher, faster and longer, athletes…
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Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems, ETH Zurich
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Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sport Science, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Sr User Researcher, Cornell University
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ARC Research Fellow, Adelaide University
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Associate Dean Impact, Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Aston University