VR Horizons

"We hope you’re inspired by these stories to start a conversation in your workplace and community around inclusion and empathy." - Principal Financial Group

What do you think about these stories?

Beyond face value: a storytelling project | Principal

"Surely all cinemas are wheelchair accessible? Well yes, they pretty much are. If you like sitting at the front."

When Inaccessibility Leads to a Letdown "The luxury of choosing where to sit at the cinema isn’t an option for myself and other wheelers."

What can YOU do?

Tapping the Skills of People with Disabilities to Meet Workforce Needs | What Can YOU Do? Hiring individuals with disabilities is something those of us at Kwik Trip have been committed to doing for almost 30 years, but in 2013 we started looking at ways to increase our numbers.

"My wheelchair ensures I can go out with my family and friends, go on vacations, and enjoy my life the way I want. Please don’t take that away from me and force me to walk because you think it is better for me to follow society’s norms than to live a full and happy life."

Please Stop Trying to 'Fix' My Disability "We need to quit thinking that all of these people must be miserable because they cannot live their lives 'normally' like everyone else."

Would you wear a shoe that could provide navigational feedback?

Digital insole helps visually impaired wearers take a step forward to the future A research team at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi has asked just that, and are developing a ‘smart’ insole for shoes that will be able to provide navigational feedback — such as a pulse or vibration — to the wearer. Having already built a prototype, this summer they’ve engaged an...