Courtesy of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council Achieving a Better Life Experience: ABLE What’s up in Maryland and around the nation? Maryland’s legislature passed a bill last April to create the “Maryland ABLE Program,” making it possible for individuals with disabilities to open accounts similar to college savings plans but to save for disability related expenses. The […]
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NCD Releases Progress Report on ICT and AT On October 7, the National Disability Council (NDC) hosted a briefing to discuss their recently released 2016 Report, “National Disability Policy: A Progress Report.” The panelists were: Phil Gilbert, IBM Design General Manager; Dean Halstead, Director, Federal Cloud, Collaboration and Accessibility, Microsoft; Finn Gardener, Boston Community Coordinator, […]
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JOB ACCOMMODATIONS AND AT SUPPORT WORKERS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AbleData, in partnership with the Job Accommodation Network, has released a paper on job accommodations and AT support for workers with a variety of autoimmune diseases. Read the full document online.
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You can “feel” an orchestra, climb stairs in a wheelchair, or lend your vision (by app) to someone who can’t see…We <3 technology. AT in the news for the week of 1/17/16 thru 10/21/16. New Jersey school explores wearables for students with disabilities Would you “lend” your eyes to help someone see or read? Closed captions, […]
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AT, in and of itself, can be utterly glamorous. Case in point- exoskeletons, self driving cars, self lacing shoes, etc. But it’s also making lesser obvious impacts, such as helping women with low vision apply makeup, or using facial recognition apps to help alzheimers patients. The world of technology is far reaching and it’s effecting change […]
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With the rapid adoption of EPUB 3, a format is now available that provides some features that outstrip those of electronic setups originally designed to be a replica of print, such as PDF. You can create a better book, one that adapts to screen sizes and font size preferences. You can create a book that […]
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