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Monthly Archive for April, 2015

POWER OUTAGES & AT Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Reuse, MDTAP On April 7, 2015, an equipment failure at a power substation in Southern Maryland caused a widespread power outage that affected more than 8,000 people in the Washington, DC area.  There are three types of power outages: blackouts, rolling blackouts […]

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ARIA Alert Roles ARIA role=”alert” can be used for very important messages that a screen reader should read immediately, even if keyboard focus is not set to that element. ARIA alerts are typically triggered with scripting, such as when a critical form error has been detected. Because ARIA alerts are very intrusive (they read immediately […]

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Because the teaching methods used in math classes tend to be highly visual, many blind and visually impaired students have trouble grasping math concepts and keeping up with assignments. However, math can be taught using hands-on methods that benefit all students. Jim Franklin, an inclusion elementary special education teacher at Elm Street Elementary School in […]

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Ever wonder which devices might be helpful for someone with dementia? Or apps that could help a kid communicate about pain levels? Or maybe what movies you can stream with audio description? Answers to all of these and more are covered in this week’s AT News Wrap Up (for 4/20 – 4/24). Check it out! […]

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We have a LOT of new items on Equipment Link. Here are just a few – Personal Lift – Free Wheelchair – Free Hoyer Lift – Free Padded Crutches with Platform Attachment – priced at $35 ROHO Cushion – priced at $195 Jazzy Reclining Power Chair – priced at $3,999 High Back Reclining Manual Wheelchair […]

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ARIA Roles and Native Semantics ARIA roles enhance or change the semantics and meaning of page elements. Whenever possible, the proper native HTML elements should be used. For example, while role=”button” could be added to a scripted link that is used to submit a form, a native button element would provide this same functionality in […]

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