By Daryl Hannah
A lot has changed in the 46 years since Susanne Koefoed’s design became the International Symbol for Access, also known as the Wheelchair Symbol. Now, thanks to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), it’s illegal to discriminate on the basis of “mental or physical disability”; there’s an Office of Disability Employment Policy housed within the Department of Labor; and, based on The 2014 Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey results, industry-leading companies are paying closer attention to their employees and consumers with disabilities more than ever.
However, despite this progress, the international symbol for disabilities has remained relatively unchanged since 1968. But one organization is trying to change that.
