A Place to Recover: How Medical Respite Programs Help Unhoused People Heal

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For people experiencing homelessness, recuperating after a hospitalization is difficult. Medical respite care programs can help bridge the gap.

New Zealand’s Disability-Led Path to Accessibility in the Arts

6 min read

Other places could learn from the island country, where measures like audio description and braille surtitling have become standard practice.

How Audio Description Sets the Stage for More Accessible Theater

7 min read

Though increasingly common for movies and TV, the practice has yet to become widespread in live performance venues. Gravity Access is trying to change that.

What We’re Reading: Would You Ride a Bike From London to Sweden?

2 min read

See what stories caught our attention this week, from zero-emission travel schemes to hotels converted into housing for the homeless.

Don’t Forget to Take Your ‘Culture Vitamins’

6 min read

In Denmark, prescriptions for group-based experiences, like concerts or library read-alouds, are helping people reconnect with themselves.

Seeds of Hope for Farmers’ Mental Health

9 min read

As awareness of rural mental health issues grows, so too does a mosaic of efforts to help: teletherapy, hotlines, “resiliency circles” and more.

Colleges Are Becoming ‘Living Labs’ to Combat Climate Change

8 min read

From business schools to English departments, professors are increasingly combining classroom instruction with efforts to “green” campuses.

The Land Remembers: Why Farmers Are Bringing Back ‘Prairie Potholes’

5 min read

Drained over a century ago, these revitalized wetlands are becoming thriving wildlife hubs and storehouses of water for surrounding farms.

What We’re Reading: How Philadelphia Is Preventing Evictions

2 min read

See what stories caught our attention this week, from a program keeping Philadelphians in their homes to a simpler cervical cancer test.

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