Posts filed under: assistive technology

June 5
The (Lynchburg, Va.) News & Advance
E.C. Glass graduating senior sees past her disability
Georgie Sydnor likes having a computer program that will read to her the words on the screen and reply to her keystrokes. On the other hand, she’s not a fan of the way the female voice responds to her attempts to navigate a tricky task.
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Filed Under: K-12, assistive technology, disability awareness, education, higher education, inclusion, technology, visually impaired

May 21
On the Media
The Digital Divide of Disability
Knowbility is an organization that advocates for technology that allows blind, deaf and otherwise disabled people to use the net. Knowbility’s Sharron Rush and Desiree Sturdevant talk about the challenges they face in raising awareness and changing the laws surrounding online usability.
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Filed Under: Internet, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, assistive technology, public policy, technology

May 17
Gamasutra
Study: Does Industry Lose Money By Ignoring Aging Gamer Needs?
A new study claims that the video game industry may lose out on $3 billion in annual U.S. revenues as companies continue to largely ignore the needs of aging and disabled gamers.
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April 6
The Delaware (Ohio) Gazette
Friends with disabilities collaborate on county Web site
For Brad Whitmoyer, using computers isn’t just a pastime, it’s a way of life.
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Filed Under: Internet, assistive technology, developmental disability, employment, profile, technology

March 26
WYTV-TV (Youngstown, Ohio)
Deaf High School Student Overcomes Disability
March is Deaf History Awareness month, and an important part of deaf history here in the Valley is the Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center.
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Filed Under: K-12, assistive technology, education, hearing impaired, inclusion

March 25
The New York Times
Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill
A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular Friday night online chats are her lifeline.
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Filed Under: Internet, assistive technology, technology

March 18
San Jose Mercury News
Cassidy: Yahoo lab looks to put disabilities top of mind
If there is one thing I can do it's type like a fiend
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, assistive technology, technology

Jan. 26
Star-News(Wilmington, N.C.)
Social media opens social world to elderly, disabled
Social media is developing into more than a pastime for the elderly and disabled. If implemented properly, it could become their social lifeline.
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Filed Under: assistive technology, technology

Jan. 13
Network World
Justice Dept. settles blind students v. Kindle controversy
Four universities have agreed the will not purchase, recommend or promote use of the Kindle DX, or any other dedicated electronic book reader, unless the devices are fully accessible to blind students, according to the US Department of Justice.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), assistive technology, education, higher education, technology

Jan. 3
The New York Times
Listening to Braille
AT 4 O’CLOCK each morning, Laura J. Sloate begins her daily reading. She calls a phone service that reads newspapers aloud in a synthetic voice, and she listens to The Wall Street Journal at 300 words a minute, which is nearly twice the average pace of speech. Later, an assistant reads The Financial Times to her while she uses her computer’s text-to-speech system to play The Economist aloud. She devotes one ear to the paper and the other to the magazine.
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Filed Under: assistive technology, technology, visually impaired

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