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Fair Housing in 2012: A Clear Path for All April 20, 2012 9:30 am – 12:00 pm FREE & Open to the Public Register Here   TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED Fair Housing — Rights & Responsibilities Reasonable Accommodations Foreclosure Prevention Legislative Update WHO SHOULD ATTEND Condo Associations Elected Officials Homeowners Associations Housing Counseling Agencies Interested […]

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AT in the news for the week of 4/2 – 4/6 Google’s Project Glass augmented reality glasses begin testing Shop Smart with Blind Bargains for iOS Community Partners looking for iPads to help the disabled Easy Way to Learn about Gimmicks and Gadgets to Make Life Easier and Safer at Home The human voice as […]

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Inclusive Publishing and eBook Distribution: Access for People with Print Disabilities June 8-9, 2012 National Federation of the Blind, 200 E. Wells Street, at Jernigan Place, Baltimore MD 21230   The printed world is converging with the digital world in new ways every day.  More and more publications are available in electronic formats.  These formats, […]

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Link Type Indicators It is a good idea to inform users when a link goes to non-HTML content (such as a PDF file or Word document). It can be frustrating to activate a link and then realize that the link requires an external program or viewer. An icon (with appropriate alternative text) or text, such […]

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Where To Go:  A Directory of Airport Animal Relief Areas This is a very straightforward app which gives a short description of how to find the animal relief areas for many North American airports. After installation, the icon is titled “Service Animal.”  At start-up, a series of buttons are presented, the second one from the […]

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The New American Foundation for the Blind Website The American Foundation for the Blind recently redesigned their homepage (http://www.afb.org.)  A great deal of information is available regarding all aspects of blindness.  Their new Website works well under all of the browsers we tested and while it is a large and busy homepage, it is easily […]

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