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via IdahoStatesman.com Vice President Joe Biden brought fresh energy to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Thursday with word of a new White House post aimed to advance the cause of people with disabilities. Biden chose his visit to the Games...
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Jan. 30 ( Bloomberg ) -- A dose of their own stem cells "reset" the malfunctioning immune system of patients with early-stage multiple sclerosis> and, for the first time, reversed their disability, according to researchers at Northwestern...
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Somehow, my last post got eaten... So I owe a post on how teaching assistantship has gone... I have officially sent my resume off for a part-time position as associate pastor of Christian education and outreach at a sort of local church. It is in the...
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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 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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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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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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The name of the company (registered in Nevada as a Foreign company) is Hearing Assist, LLC. The TV ads/infomercials started in our area this week. The company has only been in business officially since April 2009. The link to the BBB in Nevada is below...
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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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The title says it all. These are the questions that wake people with disabilities up in the middle of the night. I can remember the what-ifs going round and round inside my head while I wondered if I would ever find a job, and just about every person...
Filed under: wheelchair, blind, Americans with Disabilities Act, disclosure, sighted guidance, power chair, disability, accommodation, ADA Amendments of 2008, assistive technology, hidden disability, criminal record, reasonable accommodation, mental illness, bipolar disorder, guide dog, interpreter, prosthesis, epilepsy, addiction, white mobility cane
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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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Here's the situation. The Senate continues to debate their version of H.R. 1, the economic stimulus bill, known as, "the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," this evening. Earlier today, an amendment which could have devastating consequences...
Filed under: funding cuts, vocational rehabilitation, economic stimulus, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, independent living, take action, U. S. Senate, IDEA, Nelson-Collins Amendment, funding for people with disabilities, call your senators
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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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via BusinessWire Top leaders from some of the nation's most prominent corporations and government agencies gathered in Orlando, January 29 - 30, for the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) Leadership Forum on Accessibility, an annual...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, Assistive Technology Industry Association, director, entertainment, untapped market, business strategies, IBM, insurance, David Dikter, the U.S. Department of Labor/Office of Disability Employment Policy, Canon USA, California State University, top industry leaders, ATIA executive director, Keynote speaker, ATIA Leadership Forum, IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center, service providers, age-related impairments, accessibility solutions, advance, Hilton Hotels, digital inclusion, banking/financial services, AT&T, persons with disabilities, Social Security Administration, Microsoft, assistive technology manufacturers, list of Leadership Forumspeakers, Anthony “Tony” Coelho, Inc., recruit, hospitality, ADA Amendments Act, retail, information technology industries, Frances West, societal transformation, retain, maturing employees
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