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...
In the next instalment of our CAE Consultant series, we speak with Chloe Hixson who has been working with CAE for six months, but has trained with them regularly since 2016. Chloe is a wheelchair user and has experience of working within communities to bring in and...
Centre for Accessible Environments Associate Consultant Ron Koorm considers the benefits of inclusive design on everyday controls in our lives to ensure everyone can use them. Controls affect our daily lives. We need them to operate equipment, taps, control the...
