On a tabletop in the corner of Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone sits an odd-looking chair. It’s made of layers of carved and painted cardboard, and Ryerson University professor Jason Nolan points to it with pride. “This is the very first piece of social technology we built. That is a chair for a child named Zoe [...]

Now, this is a cast we can relate to: Justin Welsh, Adam Luther, Gregory Finney, Keith Lam, and Stephen Hegedus in Against the Grain Theatre’s La Bohème. Photo by Gene Wu. Against the Grain’s La Bohème Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Avenue) Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. A huge challenge for [...]

Seated mannequins in the window of the IZ Adaptive boutique. Jackets zip apart in the front and back to make dressing easier. Getting dressed to go out can be one of the most arduous tasks in your day. Whether it’s picking an outfit for work in the morning or getting ready for a night out, [...]

Maev Beaty, Erin Shields, and Joanna Bennett. Erin Shields and Maev Beaty will be joined onstage by an ASL interpreter for two performances of Montparnasse. Photo by Aviva Armour Ostroff. “To be or not to be, that is the question.”—William Shakespeare “There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. [...]

Photo by DdotG from the Torontoist Flickr Pool For many of us, using the TTC to get around the city is fairly easy, physically speaking. We can board any streetcar, stand in a crowded bus, and don’t have to worry about which subway stations to use. However, given that the TTC’s current fleet of streetcars [...]

Volunteer tour guide Jessica Duarte describes a painting of Maharana Amar Singh to Lynda Spinney (centre) and Joan Caswell (right). Photo by Lodoe Laura Haines-Wangda/Torontoist. The last time Joan Caswell visited the Art Gallery of Ontario, she could see. That was before a rare genetic disorder caused both her retinas to detach—the first when she [...]

Moss Park. Photo by Erik Twight from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Some of Toronto’s residents with disabilities may soon see their living standards improve thanks to a new partnership between Toronto Community Housing and OCAD. On January 19, the two groups, along with Mayor David Miller, announced that they will be collaborating to research ways [...]

Photo by andyscamera from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. “To create an urban environment in all parts of the city that encourages and supports walking,” states Toronto’s Pedestrian Charter, the City “upholds the right of pedestrians of all ages and abilities to safe, convenient, direct and comfortable walking conditions” and also “provides and maintains infrastructure that [...]

Advertisement for accessibletoronto.com above Sparkling Bubbles on Dundas Street East. Photo by Joe Clark. It’s hard to know where to start in our analysis of this ad for the website accessibletoronto.com, found above Sparkling Bubbles on Dundas Street East by local Web accessibility expert/TTC enthusiast Joe Clark. Needless to say, placing your wheelchair-emblazoned logo above [...]

The last time we looked at accessible pedestrian signals (APS), those chirping and cuckooing crossing indicators for the visually-impaired, it was with some surprise at the city’s claim that it simply couldn’t afford to install APS at more than a handful of intersections each year. Instead of allocating enough money to improve availability of a [...]

For reasons that were surely thoroughly considered, York Mills was not a stop on the recent Type & Tile Tour of the Yonge-University-Spadina line. Nevertheless, due largely to escalator maintenance that has been ongoing for over a year, it is still quite the treasure trove of wacky signage. Here are some recent highlights: Top left [...]