Tag: Disability
Civil Society
Citizen Chronicles
A program in Alberta, Canada, showcases the way that people with disabilities contribute actively to their communities. Includes magazine extras.
Social Entrepreneurship
Implications of First-Stage Scaling on Operations
Preparing a social enterprise to scale requires fundamental adaptions of the business model and approach to ensure success. Part two of a three-part series.
Economic Development
Disabled Youth Get Quality Jobs
CPDL demonstrates a scalable public-private partnership model that trains disabled youth and links them to jobs in the organized sector.
Civil Society
A Sporting Chance
In troubled spots around the world, Right to Play shows how fun and games can be a serious tool for development.
Arts & Culture
Creating a Sunny World
Solnechny Mir (Our Sunny World) is a Russian rehabilitation center that hosts more than 250 children and their families each week.
Human Rights
Labor of Love
Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and 2014 McArthur genius grant recipient, is building a movement to improve the lives of 2.5 million US home care workers.
Technology & Design
Second Life’s Second Life for Social Innovation
Researchers explore the effects of virtual embodiment among people with Parkinson’s disease.
Technology & Design
Accessible Images
An open source web application draws on the wisdom of the crowds to give the blind access to images.
Socially Responsible Business
Specialists’ Niche
A Danish company finds jobs for people with autism.