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We want to thank the always helpful AccessTechNews blog for making this information available to us and our readers. On May 29, 2009 The United Spinal Association has released an updated version of Accessible Air Travel: A Guide for People With Disabilities...
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The rumors started a couple of days before Amazon.com announced a pending release date for the new and improved Kindle, the very successful wireless e-book reader which the company began selling in 2007. The online forums and interactive list-servs frequented...
Filed under: Visually Impaired, braille, Victor Reader Stream, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, BookShare, accessible, Kindle 2, Talking Books, online petition, Project Gutenberg, print disabilities, accessible formats, Audible.com, Amazon.com, amazon.com/access, NLS, text-to-speech engine, DAISY, wireless e-book reader, accessible web site, blind
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By Richard Lakin July 27, 2009 via CSRwire Recently, we worked on a CSR media project for a foundation that provides information technology training for U.S. veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, minorities, youth at risk, and dislocated workers...
Filed under: transitioning veterans, CSR, youth at risk, professional certification, information technology training, women, training, underrepresented in the AT industry, dislocated workers, assistive technology industry, computer-related internships with local businesses, minorities, individuals with disabilities, Creating Futures, training for U.S. veterans, retraining laid-off auto-workers for technology careers, Corporate Social Responsibility, specialized training, CompTIA Educational Foundation
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via The Oakland Tribune August 5, 2009 An 86,000-square-foot disability center is scheduled to open next spring in Berkeley, California, with universal access via mass transit. The idea behind the campus - a first of its kind in the world - is to allow...
Filed under: universal access, housing services, UC Berkeley, job development, Ed Roberts campus, disability benefits assistance, job training, one-stop disability services, disability center, mass transit, parenting support, founder of independent living movement, health and fitness support services, educational services, paved the way for campus disability support services
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By Tara Parker-Pope August 26, 2009 via Well Blogs NY Times Today's Patient Voices feature focuses on narcolepsy, a neurological disorder that can lead to sudden "sleep attacks" during any type of activity at any time of the day. But as...
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I am usually the first person to support training for people who are blind. I worked as a rehabilitation teacher for several years, and I thoroughly enjoyed teaching people who were new to blindness how to cook, read and write braille, and make use of...
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I have a friend, a person who is blind who has been partnering with guide dogs since the mid-1990s. Both her dogs have been labs, one black, one yellow, and, around the turn of the millennium, when I was trying to decide whether a guide dog would be right...
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On January 16, 2009, the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement agreement with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). to improve access for people with disabilities...
Filed under: ADA, people with disabilities, new service animal policy, service animals, reasonable modifications, Wal-Mart, Americans with Disabilities Act Title III, U. S. Department of Justice, public service announcement campaign, access, DOJ, ADA Home Page, settlement agreement, how to file ADA complaints
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Summer is upon us. Some people are traveling to the coast to beat the heat, and others are visiting the tropics to soak up the sun and seek adventure and romance. Still others are traveling to visit family or friends, or to one of the summer conventions...
Filed under: wheelchair, guide dogs, people with disabilities, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, onboard medical oxygen, overseas flights, seat strapping for wheelchairs, animal relief areas in air terminals, service animal, oxygen concentrator, compensation for loss, PCA, signal dogs, or delay of a wheelchair, escort services to animal relief areas, National Network of ADA Centers, psychiatric service animals, greater leg room for fused or immobilized leg, damage, unusual animals like pigs, mental or emotional disability recognized in DSM IV, captioning, safety assistant, regs, domestic flights, regulations, service animals required to be well behaved, web site accessibility, Air Carrier Access Act, accessible lavatory, battery-powered wheelchair, minature horses, respirator, early check in, or monkeys, air travel, complaints, NPRM, inaccessible airport kiosks, advance notification, Association for Airline Passenger Rights, personal care attendant, boarding assistance, effective communications, onboard wheelchair to get to the lavatory, moveable aisle armrest, Notice of Proposed Rule Making, TTY access, claims of allergy, groomed and under control of owners, U. S. Department of Transportation, licensed mental health professional, documentation, emotional support animals, Air 21, DOT
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It's mid-July, and lots of people are on vacation, wishing they were on vacation, or remembering the sea breezes and salty air and boardwalk fries from their last summer escape. At least, that's what I've been thinking must be the case because...
Filed under: legally blind, National Federation of the Blind, NFB, blind drivers, Virginia Tech, laser range, driving fantasies, Virginia Tech Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, driving, bioptic lens, totally blind
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Some of the root creative and time tested works of literature had their inspiration and origins in the pain, hope, and suffering of experiencing life to its fullest. Much of my poetry deals with the human condition, as seen from the perspective of a person...
Filed under: Self-reliance, Pride, Independence, Dignity, Freedom, Poetry, Choice, Poet, Respect, Creativity, Self-respect, Hope, Editor, Writer, ADAPT, Grant, Create, Publisher, Fellowship, Attitude, Freelance Writer, Coping
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By Georgina Cooper Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:51am EDT AYLESBURY, England (Reuters) - Dogs are being trained in Britain as potential life-savers to warn diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels. Man's best friend already...
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On Friday, many who advocate for the rights and needs of people with disabilities were dismayed to learn of the proposed Nelson-Collins amendment to the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," which was and still is being debated in the U...
Filed under: AFB, American Council of the Blind, ACB, vocational rehabilitation, independent living, Chapter 2, funding amounts differ, Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind program, diabetes, disability funding, Senate economic stimulus bill, NCIL, Title VII, effective advocacy, balanced state budgets, opportunities for advocacy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, National Council on Independent Living, and other diseases of aging, age-related macular degeneration, IDEA state grants and early intervention, special education, Rehabilitation Act Title I and independent living services, American Foundation for the Blind
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On Tuesday, November 17, from 10 AM to noon, Assistant Secretary Kathleen Martinez will be the principal guest speaker for an interactive forum to be held at the Cornell University Government Affairs Office in Washington, DC. The topic is “ODEP...
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Like most people, I watched the inauguration and the speech our new President gave with great interest. Unlike in his victory speech after the election, he didn't mention people with disabilities. I have to say that although I was definitely filled...
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