Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in MD Technology Assistance Program on Jan 30th, 2014
Heard of soundAMP R? If not, it’s a nifty little app that turns your mobile device into a portable amplifier. For about $4.99, you can plug your ear buds into the phone and, using its external microphone, will amplify everything going on around you. You can even record the activity (say you’re in a lecture hall […]
Posted in MD Technology Assistance Program on Jan 23rd, 2014
Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Equipment Reuse, MDTAP Disabled Sports USA offers information on year-round adaptive sports for people with various disabilities. Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports is a local, non-profit organization that also offers year-round recreational opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Their winter sports activities include their annual SKI MASH […]
Posted in MD Technology Assistance Program on Jan 16th, 2014
It’s that time again when we feature some of the newest items posted on Equipment Link. To see a complete listing, visit www.equipmentlink.org 1987 Ford e150 with Braun Hydraulic Lift – $1,100 or Best Offer, Vintondale, PA Hospital Bed – $500, Silver Spring, MD 2009 Chrysler Town and Country Accessible Van – $20,000, Frederick, MD […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, MD Technology Assistance Program, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 15th, 2014
Title Attributes Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation As defined in the HTML specification, the title attribute is for “advisory information”. As such, it should not be relied on to provide accessibility. The title attribute is generally ignored by screen readers, except when used on form elements that do not have labels, frames and iframes, and […]
Posted in MD Technology Assistance Program on Jan 13th, 2014
Charting Deaf Territory, Part Two How UVa Is Managing To Accommodate a Deaf Medical Student Contributed by Christopher Sherman Read, Accessible Technology Specialist, University of Virginia What Has Worked Well The Q & A with faculty is critical and we continue to conduct interactive sessions with each new group of system leaders every 6 […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Maryland Department of Disabilities, MD Technology Assistance Program, Things to Know Thursday on Jan 9th, 2014
Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. And sometimes PhD candidates can help that invention along, too. During this past year, MDTAP was lucky enough to have Brian Frey, a UMBC Human Centered Computing PhD candidate, intern with us. As he explored AT robotics projects, discussed the many merits of 3-D printers, and directly supported a […]
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