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Photo: Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
As a time of togetherness and celebration, the holidays should be accessible to everyone who wishes to participate in its events and activities. In Vancouver, popular holiday attractions are working hard to further accessibility and inclusion.
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Accessibility at Vancouver Holiday Attractions
Kickstand; Photo: Caleighkats
Vancouver is an incredibly bike-friendly city, with a comprehensive network of bike lanes, a bike sharing system, and a supportive community committed to cycling. Nonetheless, even though cycling is a more affordable mode of transportation compared to driving, there are still many barriers. Fortunately, Vancouver organizations are making biking even more inclusive and accessible to everyone in the city.
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Vancouver’s Kickstand and Our Community Bikes Make Cycling Accessible to All
“Theatre and Accessibility in a Digital World Symposium” (2019); Photo Credit: Moonrider Productions
Before the non-profit society VocalEye launched in Vancouver in 2009, Amy Amantea, who lives with legal blindness, felt lost when she went out to enjoy live theatre. “I was having a very expensive two-hour nap. I’d buy a ticket, I’d sit in the nice, dark, comfy theatre, and I couldn’t follow the plotline to save my life. So, it got boring. I would hear people laugh or ooh or aah, and I would have no idea what we were engaged with, so I couldn’t be a part of that,” she says. Now, thanks to VocalEye’s live descriptions at performances, she can feel belonging at a theatre experience.
