Thea Kurdi 🍁
@tkurdi.bsky.social
TEDx, Keynote, Built Environment Accessible Design Critic | Speaker, Author, Princess Leia was my princess | Made in Canada
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Thea Kurdi 🍁
@tkurdi.bsky.social
· Nov 21
For those who may not know me or who are new here from X/Twitter, built environment accessibility and universal design is specialty. And I love to teach!
I'm also disabled with several invisible disabilities and advocate for overhaul of design legislation and education.
My goal? Culture change.
I'm also disabled with several invisible disabilities and advocate for overhaul of design legislation and education.
My goal? Culture change.
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If you feel like you don't know what you don't know about accessibility, it can help to follow folks who discuss assistive technology, accessibility and disability. Here's a Bluesky list of people who post a lot about those topics.
bsky.app/profile/a11y...
bsky.app/profile/a11y...
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you feel like you don't know what you don't know about accessibility, it can help to follow folks who discuss assistive technology, accessibility and disability. Here's a Bluesky list of people who post a lot about those topics.
bsky.app/profile/a11y...
bsky.app/profile/a11y...
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“Ford said you wouldn’t need credit card for healthcare! That’s BULL!
He underfunds system then pays extra to privateers. Ford takes from public to profit pals: Ontario Place, Science Centre, surgeries! It’s sickening!” #cdnpoli
He underfunds system then pays extra to privateers. Ford takes from public to profit pals: Ontario Place, Science Centre, surgeries! It’s sickening!” #cdnpoli
July 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“Ford said you wouldn’t need credit card for healthcare! That’s BULL!
He underfunds system then pays extra to privateers. Ford takes from public to profit pals: Ontario Place, Science Centre, surgeries! It’s sickening!” #cdnpoli
He underfunds system then pays extra to privateers. Ford takes from public to profit pals: Ontario Place, Science Centre, surgeries! It’s sickening!” #cdnpoli
@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social new disability rights article includes my feedback about how building code and accessibility legislation yet again failed to deliver equity, dignity or even a usable path this Ontario municipality's building.
Read the article at:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HumanRights
Read the article at:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HumanRights
Callander woman files Ontario human rights complaint arguing municipal building lacks accessiblility | CBC News
A Callander woman who uses a wheelchair has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, naming the municipality and the province, over her concerns around accessibility at the norther...
www.cbc.ca
June 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social new disability rights article includes my feedback about how building code and accessibility legislation yet again failed to deliver equity, dignity or even a usable path this Ontario municipality's building.
Read the article at:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HumanRights
Read the article at:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#HumanRights
Are you attending the 2025 Disability Inclusive Pathways Conference July 15 and 16?
I've been invited to be 1 of the panelists for the
‘Making our environments work for kaimahi and customers alike’ session.
Learn more and register at www.dipc.nz
#Accessibility #conference #Disability #business
I've been invited to be 1 of the panelists for the
‘Making our environments work for kaimahi and customers alike’ session.
Learn more and register at www.dipc.nz
#Accessibility #conference #Disability #business
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are you attending the 2025 Disability Inclusive Pathways Conference July 15 and 16?
I've been invited to be 1 of the panelists for the
‘Making our environments work for kaimahi and customers alike’ session.
Learn more and register at www.dipc.nz
#Accessibility #conference #Disability #business
I've been invited to be 1 of the panelists for the
‘Making our environments work for kaimahi and customers alike’ session.
Learn more and register at www.dipc.nz
#Accessibility #conference #Disability #business
Looking forward to giving the presentation I've been invited to give today to the @accessiblehousgnet.bsky.social about how smart green design also makes buildings and #housing accessible. There's nothing more #sustainable than #accessibility - demographics, durability, affordability, health, etc.
June 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Looking forward to giving the presentation I've been invited to give today to the @accessiblehousgnet.bsky.social about how smart green design also makes buildings and #housing accessible. There's nothing more #sustainable than #accessibility - demographics, durability, affordability, health, etc.
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The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and other platforms that use hashtags. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
June 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and other platforms that use hashtags. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
Have you seen the Getting to Work: Accessible Employment in Canada Report from the Chief #Accessibility Officer, 2024?
Get your copy or read it online at:
www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
That's me at the top of page 7.
Important recommendations (see page 50 of the report) @mark-carney.bsky.social
Get your copy or read it online at:
www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
That's me at the top of page 7.
Important recommendations (see page 50 of the report) @mark-carney.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Have you seen the Getting to Work: Accessible Employment in Canada Report from the Chief #Accessibility Officer, 2024?
Get your copy or read it online at:
www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
That's me at the top of page 7.
Important recommendations (see page 50 of the report) @mark-carney.bsky.social
Get your copy or read it online at:
www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
That's me at the top of page 7.
Important recommendations (see page 50 of the report) @mark-carney.bsky.social
#TeachableMoment
Historic old town in Spain offers solution to overcome the old step up from the street outside problem with a gentle slope ramp inside the entry door. Such an elegant solution.
It can be done! ¡Olé!
#AccessibleCanada #ADA #DDR #EAA #CRPD #disability #accessibility #BillionStrong
Historic old town in Spain offers solution to overcome the old step up from the street outside problem with a gentle slope ramp inside the entry door. Such an elegant solution.
It can be done! ¡Olé!
#AccessibleCanada #ADA #DDR #EAA #CRPD #disability #accessibility #BillionStrong
June 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#TeachableMoment
Historic old town in Spain offers solution to overcome the old step up from the street outside problem with a gentle slope ramp inside the entry door. Such an elegant solution.
It can be done! ¡Olé!
#AccessibleCanada #ADA #DDR #EAA #CRPD #disability #accessibility #BillionStrong
Historic old town in Spain offers solution to overcome the old step up from the street outside problem with a gentle slope ramp inside the entry door. Such an elegant solution.
It can be done! ¡Olé!
#AccessibleCanada #ADA #DDR #EAA #CRPD #disability #accessibility #BillionStrong
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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of.
They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
Do you have a quick accessible building design question you need answered?
Excited to announce this new service from Level Playing Field is now available!
Learn more at:
www.linkedin.com/posts/darby-...
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #architecture #InteriorDesign #UrbanPlanning
Excited to announce this new service from Level Playing Field is now available!
Learn more at:
www.linkedin.com/posts/darby-...
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #architecture #InteriorDesign #UrbanPlanning
Accessibility Helpline | Level Playing Field | Darby Lee Young ♿️ ADAC
🚨 Breaking News from LPF! 🚨
We’ve launched our Accessibility Helpline, now live on our website!
Whether you're a building owner, facility manager, or design professional, we know accessibility qu...
www.linkedin.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Do you have a quick accessible building design question you need answered?
Excited to announce this new service from Level Playing Field is now available!
Learn more at:
www.linkedin.com/posts/darby-...
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #architecture #InteriorDesign #UrbanPlanning
Excited to announce this new service from Level Playing Field is now available!
Learn more at:
www.linkedin.com/posts/darby-...
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #architecture #InteriorDesign #UrbanPlanning
@mark-carney.bsky.social please ensure your mandates are aligned with the 40 year old changes to the Canadian Charter and Human Rights Code which recognize disabled Canadians as equal citizens. We need a Minister to sheppard the #AccessibleCanada Act, the #DisabilityBenefit, and changes to education
May 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social please ensure your mandates are aligned with the 40 year old changes to the Canadian Charter and Human Rights Code which recognize disabled Canadians as equal citizens. We need a Minister to sheppard the #AccessibleCanada Act, the #DisabilityBenefit, and changes to education
National AccessAbility Awareness Week
Accessibility is the evolution of architecture, policy, legislation, business, and all design.
It's time we evolve and right size and right cost.
Prime Minister #MarkCarney bring down these barriers! Invest in justice.
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #disability #inclusion
Accessibility is the evolution of architecture, policy, legislation, business, and all design.
It's time we evolve and right size and right cost.
Prime Minister #MarkCarney bring down these barriers! Invest in justice.
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #disability #inclusion
May 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
National AccessAbility Awareness Week
Accessibility is the evolution of architecture, policy, legislation, business, and all design.
It's time we evolve and right size and right cost.
Prime Minister #MarkCarney bring down these barriers! Invest in justice.
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #disability #inclusion
Accessibility is the evolution of architecture, policy, legislation, business, and all design.
It's time we evolve and right size and right cost.
Prime Minister #MarkCarney bring down these barriers! Invest in justice.
#NAAW2025 #NAAW #disability #inclusion
Quote from John Pavlovitz posted on social media, "Saying your anti-woke is a whole lot quicker than saying you're a selfish and fearful human being who is terrified of diversity, hostile to progress, and wants no one else to have the rights, representation, love or opportunity you have.
#woke #DEI
#woke #DEI
May 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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This is why Canadians will NEVER buy American dairy products. #cdnpoli
Butter Recalled in 7 States Over Possible Fecal Contamination.
www.newsweek.com/butter-recal...
Butter Recalled in 7 States Over Possible Fecal Contamination.
www.newsweek.com/butter-recal...
Butter recalled in 7 states over possible fecal contamination
Contaminated dairy products are among the most common sources of such bacterial outbreaks, making early detection and recall critical for public health.
www.newsweek.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is why Canadians will NEVER buy American dairy products. #cdnpoli
Butter Recalled in 7 States Over Possible Fecal Contamination.
www.newsweek.com/butter-recal...
Butter Recalled in 7 States Over Possible Fecal Contamination.
www.newsweek.com/butter-recal...
I have my 1st poll question on my YouTube channel!
Target audience: those creating buildings & built environment designs.
Help by answering & sharing at:
youtube.com/post/UgkxOCS...
#AccessibleCanada #accessibility #UniversalDesign #architecture #InteriorDesign #Landscape #UrbanPlanning #education
Target audience: those creating buildings & built environment designs.
Help by answering & sharing at:
youtube.com/post/UgkxOCS...
#AccessibleCanada #accessibility #UniversalDesign #architecture #InteriorDesign #Landscape #UrbanPlanning #education
Poll from Accessibility Edge - YouTube
What accessibility and universal design resource would you like more?
youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have my 1st poll question on my YouTube channel!
Target audience: those creating buildings & built environment designs.
Help by answering & sharing at:
youtube.com/post/UgkxOCS...
#AccessibleCanada #accessibility #UniversalDesign #architecture #InteriorDesign #Landscape #UrbanPlanning #education
Target audience: those creating buildings & built environment designs.
Help by answering & sharing at:
youtube.com/post/UgkxOCS...
#AccessibleCanada #accessibility #UniversalDesign #architecture #InteriorDesign #Landscape #UrbanPlanning #education
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Pope Leo meets Opus Dei boss in a private audience to get an "update" on its reforms
You might recall Opus Dei cancelled a vote on its reforms hours after Francis passed away
Leo "listened with great interest to the explanations given" - I bet he did!
opusdei.org/es/article/a...
You might recall Opus Dei cancelled a vote on its reforms hours after Francis passed away
Leo "listened with great interest to the explanations given" - I bet he did!
opusdei.org/es/article/a...
El Papa León XIV recibe en audiencia al prelado del Opus Dei
El Santo Padre ha recibido en audiencia hoy al prelado del Opus Dei, Mons. Fernando Ocáriz.
opusdei.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Pope Leo meets Opus Dei boss in a private audience to get an "update" on its reforms
You might recall Opus Dei cancelled a vote on its reforms hours after Francis passed away
Leo "listened with great interest to the explanations given" - I bet he did!
opusdei.org/es/article/a...
You might recall Opus Dei cancelled a vote on its reforms hours after Francis passed away
Leo "listened with great interest to the explanations given" - I bet he did!
opusdei.org/es/article/a...
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If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
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Duckworth on if she's open to voting to confirm Mike Waltz: "I think everybody on that Signal chain needs to be fired ... he's failing up ... I'm not open to voting for him, no, because he's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information."
May 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Duckworth on if she's open to voting to confirm Mike Waltz: "I think everybody on that Signal chain needs to be fired ... he's failing up ... I'm not open to voting for him, no, because he's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information."
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Trump’s new budget proposal would slash funding for national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores, and trails by nearly 25%, cutting more than $1.2 billion from the $4.8 billion Park Service budget.
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump’s new budget proposal would slash funding for national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores, and trails by nearly 25%, cutting more than $1.2 billion from the $4.8 billion Park Service budget.
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RFK Jr. is dangerous.
RFK Jr. Slammed After Falsely Claiming Measles Vaccine Contains 'Aborted Fetus Debris'
Dangerous and deranged.
www.comicsands.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
RFK Jr. is dangerous.
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A gift to the NRA.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A gift to the NRA.