We discuss the news that visitors to a US National Park in Michigan can now rent motorized wheelchairs with treaded tracks. From the August 27, 2019 episode.

Nelson Régo from Cool Blind Tech tells us about an experimental new artificial lens that may be capable of Outperforming Human Eyes. From the August 27, 2019 episode.

Our Halifax colleague Ryan Delehanty and our summer student Roy Zvifel join us for our Weekly News Quiz. From the August 27, 2019 episode.

PhD student Alexandra Vtyurina tells us about VERSE, an online accessibility tool that combines elements of screen readers and digital voice assistants. Following a wave of deadly car accidents, we speak with Canadian Press reporter Michelle McQuigge about pedestrian safety. Amy Amantea calls in from Vancouver to review the Melissa McCarthy movie ,"The Kitchen." We discuss the story of a pair of foster parents who are fighting for more financial support as they care for a toddler with mental and physical disabilities. We speak with Elder Little Brown Bear, the manager of aboriginal culture at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, about the plan to build a traditional Indigenous Sweat Lodge. Our AMI colleague Jim Krysko shares details about a new accessible playground in Calgary. This is the August 26, 2019 episode.

PhD student Alexandra Vtyurina tells us about VERSE, an online accessibility tool that combines elements of screen readers and digital voice assistants. From the August 26, 2019 episode.

Following a wave of deadly car accidents, we speak with Canadian Press reporter Michelle McQuigge about pedestrian safety. From the August 26, 2019 episode.

Amy Amantea calls in from Vancouver to review the Melissa McCarthy movie ,"The Kitchen." From the August 26, 2019 episode.

We discuss the story of a pair of foster parents who are fighting for more financial support as they care for a toddler with mental and physical disabilities. From the August 26, 2019 episode.

We speak with Elder Little Brown Bear, the manager of aboriginal culture at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, about the plan to build a traditional Indigenous Sweat Lodge. From the August 26, 2019 episode.

Our AMI colleague Jim Krysko shares details about a new accessible playground in Calgary. From the August 26, 2019 episode.