Centre for Accessible Environments Associate Consultant Ron Koorm says that designers need to think about how people use buildings and spaces … especially when it comes to the loos. In modern society we must queue for all sorts of things, ordering food at a counter,...
Pathways Academy, a programme to give disabled people the skills to start a career in inclusive design and access, has won best career development initiative at the Women in Housing Awards. Just three years after its launch in 2020, Pathways has already proven...
Josephine Mason has dreamed of a career in architecture since she was at school with other disabled children. “I’m autistic and disabled. I went to a school with lots of kids with disabilities, who needed all kinds of adaptations. I saw how we, as people, had to make...
Pathways Academy has proved instrumental in supporting young disabled Londoners into work, with 67% of Pathways graduates now working in inclusion-related roles. Three years on from its 2020 launch, Pathways has trained 40 young disabled people from 14 London...
Marney Walker is a CAE Associate Consultant, PhD student and independent occupational therapist (OT) specialising in the design of inclusive and accessible housing. In this Q&A, she discusses the important part occupational therapists play in housing, why...
