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The message showed up in my e-mail in box seven times within the space of an hour and a half. Now, it's true that I am a member of lots of e-mail list-servs or "message boards," as some call them, but even for me, to receive the same message seven times within a couple of hours, and from...
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via Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology June 29, 2009 COAT Applauds Representative Markey for Introducing the 'Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009' WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible...
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BusyBee
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08-03-2009
Filed under: Filed under: AAPD, people with disabilities, inclusion, AFB, American Foundation for the Blind, captioning, accessible user interfaces, accessible telephone and television systems, digital technologies, ACB, Karen Peltz Strauss, communications technologies, NAD, Rosaline Crawford, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, Eric Bridges, communications access, American Association of People with Disabilities, American Council of the Blind, CSD, H.R. 3101, COAT, video description, National Association of the Deaf, receiving emergency alerts, hearing aid compatible telephone products, Mark Richert, Jenifer Simpson, Representative Edward Markey, enforcement measures for accessibility, Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology, telecommunications access, real-time text digital standard, new broadband and Internet technologies, Communication Service for the Deaf, access to text messaging
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The major blindness organizations, the ones whose membership consists largely of people who are actually blind and visually impaired themselves, the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), and Darrell Shandrow, a university student who is blind, are suing Arizona...
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Penny For Your Thoughts
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PennyRdr
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07-01-2009
Filed under: Filed under: American Council of the Blind, ADA, Section 504, ACB, Kindle 2, Amazon.com, discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act, lawsuit, e-book reader, National Federation of the Blind, Darrell Shandrow, textbooks, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Department of Justice, Department of Education, Reed College, Reading Rights Coalition, Civil Rights Division, Pace University, inaccessible, text-to-speech capability, Arizona State University, Princeton University, ASU, Kindle DX, NFB, Case Western Reserve University, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business
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In March, I attended a multi-day meeting of a committee which meets annually to advise the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) concerning equipment, distribution of books and other reading materials in alternate formats, and the most efficient ways to get materials...
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Penny For Your Thoughts
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PennyRdr
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05-01-2009
Filed under: Filed under: American Council of the Blind, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, ACB, NLS, blind, Barry Levine, free exchange of information, Winter Park, accessible world, Functional Therapy, access issues, downhill skiing, ACB annual convention, National, condolence, Colorado
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The Association of Blind Citizens, ABC, will produce a live webcast of the Reading Rights Coalition, RRC, protest being held at the Authors Guild in New York City. The webcast will begin on Tuesday April 7th between 11:45 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. EDT Listeners around the world can access the web page http...
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GettingHired.com's Own, BusyBee's Blog
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BusyBee
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04-06-2009
Filed under: Filed under: AFB, National Federation of the Blind, ACB, American Council of the Blind, American Foundation for the Blind, NFB, Reading Rights Coalition, webcast, National Disability Rights Network, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, National Center for Learning Disabilities, Association of Blind Citizens, Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, ABC, International Dyslexia Association, Association on Higher Education and Disability, Authors' Guild, navigational features accessible, ICDRI, American Association of People with Disabilities, autism, equal access to information, AAPD, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet, Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium, Knowledge Ecology International, learning disabilities, Spinal Cord Injury Association, Learning Disabilities Association of America, AHEAD, DREDF, access to e-books, International Dyslexia AssociationNew York Branch, informational protest, mobility disabilities, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, IDEAL Group Inc, cognitive disabilities
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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. S. Senate. As reported in this blog space, the proposed...
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Penny For Your Thoughts
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PennyRdr
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02-09-2009
Filed under: 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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Tuesday's Inauguration the Most Accessible for People with Disabilities in History On January 20, 2009, when we celebrate the swearing in of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, whether watching on a television from the living room couch, or using a lap top to view the ceremony and...
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Penny For Your Thoughts
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PennyRdr
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01-17-2009
Filed under: Filed under: American Council of the Blind, people with disabilities, ACB, ABC-TV, closed captioning, sign language interpretation, medications, accessible restrooms, accessible entrances, offices of Congressional Accessibility Services, drop-off locations, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Larry Goldberg, inauguration, Joe Biden, walkers, disability license plates or tags, Melanie Brunson, American Broadcasting Corporation, U. S. Capitol police, accessible golf carts, video description, audio description, insulin syringes, WGBH Educational Foundation, Media Access Group, voice recorded information, Mary Watkins, wheelchairs, emergency medical teams, JCCIC, accessible, Barack Obama, prohibited items, designated accessible seating
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The American Council of the Blind (ACB) has received several complaints from people who asked for the Braille and large print product brochure at their Starbucks, only to be told that it did not exist. This has happened at only a few Starbucks' locations, but the company is committed to providing...
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Are you a woman living with breast cancer? Would you like to be part of a caring community who understands your unique experience as a woman with vision loss, also dealing with cancer? The American Council of the Blind (ACB) Women's Concerns Committee is sponsoring a support group for you, by phone...
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