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Accessibility is better than doles for the disabled


Accessibility is better than doles for the disabled
Stakeholders have to collaborate and share insights with the participation of disabled communities for assistive tech to become more accessible
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Harvard University has one of the longest-running programmes to improve accessibility for disabled people, especially students. Michele Clopper has been involved with this for nearly two decades in various capacities. About five years ago, she became the director of disability services at Harvard following a career as an occupational therapist.
Clopper has thus been at the front end of helping an educational institution understand the needs of disabled people and adopt best practices for them. “Creating an accessible and hospitable environment for the disabled is a long and complicated journey because it touches multiple aspects of life, from dining and sleeping to working and learning. We need to gather critical mass, a ....

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