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Art of Accessibility

 In life the universe or God sends us down certain paths if we pay attention and lately for me that path has lead me to speak up about accessibility. First of all with Global Accessibility Day in May and now with an invitation to speak at my local art gallery about disability awareness and accessibility.  If you live with a disability in this world some of the biggest challenges you have to overcome are accessibility related.  I have to live my life planning everything like a military operation. The first thing I have to figure out is are the places I want to go accessible and even though in the modern world by law things have to be accessible in practice that is not always possible.  I have missed out on attending many events with friends and family because the venue simply was not accessible.  So how can we start making things accessible?  First of all, we need to start getting people with disabilities involved at the start of projects and have accessibility at the forefront of our m