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For Aguilar-Carrasco, nature is a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of all life.
forests

How Can National Parks Be Made Accessible to All? AO Wants to Know.

María José Aguilar-Carrasco helps people with disabilities gain access to nature.
Jonathan Feakins May 15, 2025
Olathe, Kansas

Museum of Deaf History, Arts and Culture

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.
Monroe, New York

Rest Haven

Famed activist Hellen Keller was involved in the operation and administration of this vacation home for blind women starting in the early 20th century.
Illustration: Victoria Ellis for Atlas Obscura
disability

Adventure Is Accessible When You Think Outside the Box

Meet the Wisconsin woman wheeling around the world.
Gemma Tarlach July 25, 2023
West portal of the east tunnel.
List

A Dozen Accessible Fall Hikes to Delight and Inspire

For nature lovers of all stripes.
Jonathan Carey November 4, 2022
Carlow, Ireland

Delta Sensory Gardens

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.
This marker in the MetFern Cemetery denotes the burial of Robert Comeau (1943-1959).
hospitals

The Quest to Honor Disabled Patients Buried in Anonymous Graves

Historically, institutions often interred their dead with simple markers. In Massachusetts, researchers are learning about the patients' lives and the facilities' fraught legacies.
Asia London Palomba July 1, 2021
Sculpture of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo
Avilés, Spain

Sculpture of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.
Video

How a Blacksmith in Jordan Created His Own Sign Language

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Hội An, Vietnam

Reaching Out Teahouse

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.
Julia's deck.
Minturn, Colorado

Julia’s Deck

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.
A grid of icons shows the various incarnations of the accessibility icon.
design

The Controversial Process of Redesigning the Wheelchair Symbol

It has its own emoji, but where did the new Accessible Icon come from?
Natasha Frost March 29, 2018
A photograph taken by HolLynn D'Lil, one of the protesters, from inside the 504 Sit-In.
history

The 1977 Disability Rights Protest That Broke Records and Changed Laws

The 504 Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.
Britta Shoot November 9, 2017
Terry Fox, dipping his leg into the Atlantic Ocean.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marathon of Hope Mile 0

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.
This 1790 portrait of Benjamin Lay, by William Williams and his apprentice, depicts Lay in front of his cave. The basket of vegetables beside him is a hint of his vegetarianism.
slavery

The 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf Who Challenged Slavery, Meat-Eating, and Racism

Benjamin Lay is not to be overlooked.
Natasha Frost September 11, 2017