The International Association of Accessibility Professionals will be hosting their inaugural annual conference this month on October 21-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference will include education and interactive sessions on a broad range of topics related to accessibility. Learn more about the association or the conference online.
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The makers have it this week. Makerspaces in hospitals, Maker AT challenges, etc. If you like this sort of thing, you’re gonna love this week’s news (and seriously, how often does anyone ever get to say that?!?!). AT in the news for the week of 9/28 thru 10/2. Airports Across the Globe Begin to Discuss Accessibility Brain implant […]
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Technology and Work: Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities Webcast Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 Webcast Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) This webcast is free of charge and will be closed captioned. This webcast will focus on the potential role of technology to enhance employment for people with disabilities in two ways […]
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Accessibility in iOS 9 Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Apple released the latest version of their operating system for their mobile devices, iOS 9.0. It was quickly followed by iOS 9.0.1—the current release. There are lots of little fixes, like the ability to use Siri voices for the speech output in VoiceOver, […]
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Caring for Patients who are blind or visually impaired From: Armed Forces Medicine – 2015 A Fact Sheet for the Inpatient Care Team This fact sheet is intended to assist all who provide direct inpatient care to blind or visually impaired Service members or Veterans. The bullets below suggest best practices for caring for blind […]
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Sometimes, AT is as simple as automated text reminders or phone alerts. And sometimes, it’s full of glitz, glam and ingenuity, like the dbGlove for the deaf/blind community. Or, the smart wheelchair that shares diagnostic medical results, includes GPS, and way more. There’s a whole lot of incredible happening in the world of AT. This […]
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