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Her bedazzled cane helps her travel the world

Written by Kathleen Wong, USA Today, November 28, 2025 Blind singer Lachi calls it her “glam cane”: a colorful, bedazzled cane that helps her navigate her surroundings while also stylishly matching her outfits. Also known as a white cane — although hers are far more vibrant than that — the device gives Lachi autonomy when […]

Wisconsin friends team up to create disability justice zine

Written by Richelle Wilson, Wisconsin Public Radio, November 13, 2025 For artist and educator Emily Nott, who has had chronic migraines since she was 7 years old, learning about disability justice concepts was “life-affirming.” “Having ideas at my fingertips like spoon theory and bed activism were ways to not fold those experiences in on myself and hide them and feel […]

He’s reframing disability through art

Blind dancer and Paralympian Davian Robinson is redefining disability through art and advocacy — and his Bechtler Museum exhibit The following article appeared in the Aug. 29, 2025, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with smart and original local news for Charlotte. We offer free and paid subscription plans. From ballet to the Bechtler, Davian […]

Houston Dynamo install accessibility features for blind & visually impaired fans

Written by MLSsoccer Staff, June 24, 2025 Houston Dynamo FC and The Lighthouse of Houston have announced a multi-year partnership that makes Shell Energy Stadium the first professional venue in North America to install the RightHear Accessibility system, making the venue fully accessible for all events to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The RightHear […]

Don Bosco Catholic University focuses on disability inclusion

By Missionnewswire.org, May 12, 2025 Law student attends classes with guide dog BRAZIL (MissionNewswire) Nicole Vital, a new law student at Don Bosco Catholic University in Campo Grande, Brazil, has her faithful guide dog, Olinda, a two-year-old Labrador, with her at school. Olinda is the first guide dog to attend the university, supporting Vital throughout her […]

Lachi Leans Into the Intersections of Her Identity Through Fashion, Music and Activism

Written by Anaja I. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, February 26, 2025 For “THR Looks,” the multifaceted artist chats about her journey  As one of seven children born to Nigerian chiefs who are academic-driven, singer-songwriter Lachi defied the status quo of studying medicine to pursue music, a medium she uses to fuse her creative lens into the depths of herself by […]