Posts filed under: technology

May 21, 2010
On the Media
Leveling the Playing Field
On ablegamers.com, video games are rated not only for how much fun they are to play, but by how accessible they are to those with mobility, visual or hearing impairments. Mark Barlet, the site founder and host of the upcoming Game Accessibility Day, explains why game companies should reach out to the disabled.
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May 21, 2010
On the Media
The End of Braille?
Fewer than 10 percent of the 1.3 million legally blind Americans now read Braille, down from around half in the 1950s. Reporter Rachel Aviv wrote about the dying language earlier this year in The New York Times Magazine.
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Filed Under: technology, visually impaired

May 21, 2010
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: assistive technology, Internet, public policy, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, technology

May 17, 2010
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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Filed Under: assistive technology, technology

May 11, 2010
InformationWeek
HHS Establishes Disability Research Center
The Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability announced on Monday an award of more than $6 million to establish a research center that will build electronic data models to conduct comparative effectiveness research on disability services and quality of care.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, public policy, technology

April 6, 2010
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: assistive technology, developmental disability, employment, Internet, profile, technology

March 26, 2010
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: assistive technology, education, hearing impaired, inclusion, K-12

March 25, 2010
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: assistive technology, Internet, technology

March 24, 2010
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, technology

March 18, 2010
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), assistive technology, Internet, technology

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