Carleton University is spreading its 'culture of accessibility'

By Elizabeth Payne. Carleton University, whose early history is linked with returning veterans, is a world leader when it comes to accessibility for disabled students. Now it is exporting that knowledge.  This weekend, Dean Mellway, acting director of Carleton’s READ (research, education, accessibility and design) initiative, and third-year architecture student Quayce Thomas, will travel to Kingston, Jamaica to help officials there make the country’s legislative building accessible to people with disabilities.  Jamaica has recently passed new accessibility laws, but has a legislative building that is inaccessible to many people with disabilities. Mellway and Thomas, along with representatives of Quadrangle, a Toronto architectural firm known for accessible design, will audit the building. Thomas will write a report when they return. More...