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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April 30, 2009 via abledody.com More than 20 percent of the nation's population - or 1 in 5 Americans -has a disability, and this number will increase as baby boomers age, according to a new report by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of Americans with a disability rose...
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Space is still available for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) CareerConnect webcast presentations. Continuing education credits offered through ACVREP and CRCC. AFB CareerConnect® presents two free online seminars for professionals working with children and adults with visual impairments...
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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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