Jenny Wheeler is CAE’s newest team member having joined in September 2023. Before she came to CAE she helped improve accessibility at the University of Warwick through various roles since 2014, but most recently as their in-house Accessibility Officer. She is an...
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,...
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...
Is this the time for local authorities to prepare for the move to the new baseline accessibility standard – M4(2) Category 2: accessible and adaptable dwellings – for new homes in England? CAE’s Access Adviser Natasha Davies says it is. It was good...
When the Disability Discrimination Act came out in 1995 there were no smartphones or applications (apps) and digital technology was in its infancy. Fast forward almost 20 years and digital has replaced ‘analogue’ This is something that access auditors have to keep...
Associate Consultant Caroline Lewis has worked as a trainer with the Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE) since 2016. Her particular specialism is access implications within the pedestrian environment for people with vision impairment. Read on to learn about her...
