Obscured from view by the Iran War and the generalized turmoil it has caused, with Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza and other hotspots also competing for the limelight, a major step is about to be taken for humanity’s future. The Artemis Program of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is about to launch its first…
It was mid-June when the summer heat that had already settled over Paris hadn’t yet reached Normandy, when my coworker invited me to his house to celebrate his birthday. It wasn’t a big event (altogether we weren’t more than nine or ten that had gathered at this house in a small town on the English…
Looking at the history of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from the 1930s – when Austrian psychiatrist Leo Kanner diagnosed Donald Triplett as the first case of autism at age 5 – to the present day, one can understand that there have been great strides in health area since then. According to the CDC (Centers for…
I have spent most of my working life in schools through a number of arts-in-education programs. I began on Long Island, east of New York City. Then I moved to the Canadian prairie where I have lived in or near the city of Winnipeg ever since. At a certain point, I had a realization. All…
The advance of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a new scenario of exclusion and invisibility for people with disabilities, leaving a large portion of this population in need of assistance, resources, accessibility, or medical monitoring and rehabilitation. Despite the fundamental right to health, education, and access to society’s resources for persons with disabilities, as established by…
If I had a Euro for every time I’ve heard phrases like “we don’t mean people like you” or “you’ll be fine” or “nothing will change” in relation to Brexit, I would be a very wealthy lady by now. I’m a German citizen but, in 1998, I made my home in England with my British…
Common in the digital environment, cancellation working as a thermometer to measure the degree to which a person or group is excluded from a position of influence, fame, or the social circle due to attitudes seen as questionable, may get an unhealthy version of public policies in Brazil if the Demographic Census does not take…
On the 20th January 2021 Kamala Devi Harris was inaugurated as the Vice President of the United States of America. ‘Kamala’ is a Sanskrit word meaning Lotus, a plant that has special importance in Indian culture. Even with its roots in the dirtiest of waters, it produces one of the most beautiful flowers in the…
Overview Since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 the world has been moved and harrowed in ways no one ever imagined. We are experiencing lockdown impacts of a magnitude that will not only cause short-term impediments but long-term as well. The burden on the economy runs deeply through major issues like hunger, malnutrition…
“I feel the pandemic has highlighted the invisibility of people with disabilities,” said the mother of Luigi Gabriel, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Throughout history, it has been proven that the most vulnerable groups are mainly affected, in many ways, by the risks related to humanitarian crises. The most recent example is the pandemic…
