A group of volunteers are applying universal design principles to a beach in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, to allow people with disabilities to better enjoy the popular location.The group is led by two wheelchair users -- Shunsuke Kido, a 31-year-old event producer in the prefectural capital of Kobe, and Shinya Furunaka, 37, a company employee in Suita, Osaka.Kido has paralysis in his lower body from a spinal injury he suffered in a traffic accident in 2015 when he was working in Tokyo.Furunaka suffered a cervical spine injury in a river accident in 2003 but continues serving as a life s…READ FULL ARTICLE
