Posts filed under: visually impaired

Feb. 5, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Blind UCLA graduate can use computer-assisted reading tools during state bar exam
A federal judge has ordered the National Conference of Bar Examiners to let a blind UCLA law school graduate use computer-assisted reading tools while taking the test that will determine whether she obtains a license to practice law in California.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, visually impaired

Jan. 30, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam
A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too generous and might let someone steal the test questions.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, visually impaired

Jan. 24, 2010
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
Getting work is no easy job for the disabled
Michael Blazek, an out-of-work financial analyst who’s visually impaired, has one way to confront hiring managers’ questions about whether he can do the job. He brings his tools to the interview.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, learning disability, sheltered work environment, visually impaired

Jan. 24, 2010
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Soldier with disability continues to serve
Capt. Ivan Castro is taking it easy this spring. He's running only three full marathons and the Myrtle Beach half-marathon.
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Filed Under: military, visually impaired

Jan. 21, 2010
WDAY-TV (Fargo, N.D.)
Snow removal program helps those with disabilities
It's one of the toughest situations to be in, trying to dig out of any storm, with a physical disability. The city of Fargo is stepping in to help these vulnerable people.
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Filed Under: physical disability, visually impaired

Jan. 18, 2010
The Bennington (Vt.) Banner
His mind's eye: Disability doesn't slow AMHS senior, literally or figuratively
He may not see the details of a classmate's face or the fine print of a page of text, but what Dillon Hawley does see is a world of opportunities waiting for him.
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Filed Under: education, K-12, profile, visually impaired

Jan. 3, 2010
Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press
Teacher has years of insight
The 47-year-old woman teaches mentally disabled children at Hebron Elementary School in Evansville. She has two sighted assistants who help with the boys and girls who range in ages from kindergarten to fifth grade.
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Filed Under: employment, profile, visually impaired

Jan. 3, 2010
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

Jan. 1, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Web more accessible to those with disabilities
During her high school years, Lisamaria Martinez, who has been visually impaired since she was 5, carried a 25-pound backpack to school crammed with books written in Braille.
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Filed Under: assistive technology, Internet, public policy, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, technology, visually impaired

Dec. 29, 2009
The Washington (D.C.) Examiner
Blind man falls onto Metro tracks, isn't the first to slip
A man hit by a Metro train at Gallery Place on Sunday may have tumbled from the platform because he was blind, the transit agency said.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), physical disability, public safety, transportation, visually impaired

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