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A great new website, itvaccessible.com (Is This Venue Accessible), is now live and focused on identifying accessible music & show spaces in cities across America (and a few internationally!). Founded by a DC-based man with a physical disability, Sean Gray, the site identifies accessible spaces based on criteria such as main entrance, side entrance bathroom, etc. and can be categorized as “accessible” “somewhat accessible” and “not accessible.” Show-goers across the country are asked to identify which venues in their cities are accessible and use the site to share the word.

You can hear the full interview & story from the recent NPR segment The Local Music Scene & Disability Rights.

Facebook improving accessibility, interactive robots for sick kids, Braille money and lots more. You should read it, right here -AT in the news for the week of 3/30 thru 4/3.

National Federation of the Blind Applauds DOJ Settlement with edX

Exoskeleton leg brace that improves walking has potential to help disabled and elderly

Facebook Introduces Accessibility Toolkit

Facebook’s “Empathy Lab”: How Facebook designs for disabled users

Students Design Robot To Help Disabled Students With Art

18F Wants to Make More Dot-Govs Accessible to People with Disabilities

Watch: A 13-year-old Australian boy called Connor has successfully campaigned to get Braille on Australian bank notes

Wegmans to expand help for deaf

Edison Nation Medical Announces Open Innovation Search Focused on Senior Mobility Products

Time for the Prize: Aging in Place

Meet Huggable, an interactive teddy from Personal Robots group who’s out to make hospitals less scary for sick kids

New research finds that cochlear implants not only help hearing loss, but may also improve thinking and memory

There’s a ‘low cost’ eyegaze comparison chart on the Eyegaze for PMLD wiki site

NHS launches mental health app library

ASU alumnus creates technology to help sensory disabled

Tobii Dynavox Applauds Senate Step Forward on ‘The Steve Gleason Act of 2015’

Partners in policymaking facilitates transition for those w/IDD & caregivers to community advocates

 

The World of Possibilities Spring Expos are coming up! And MDTAP will be at the May 2nd even in Timonium – be sure to stop by our booth and pick up some materials and even some great low tech AT freebies!


Saturday, April 11, 2015
11:00am – 4pm
Rockville, Maryland
Hilton Washington DC/ Rockville

Saturday, May 2, 2015
11:00am – 4pm
Timonium, Maryland
Radisson Hotel North Baltimore

Use Links and Buttons Appropriately

Links and buttons can be scripted to perform various functions. In general, buttons should only be used when form data is being submitted or when other in-page elements are being controlled or manipulated. Links, on the other hand, should be used when a context change will occur for the user – such as going to another page or jumping to a content area within a page. Because links and buttons are identified differently by screen readers (e.g., “Search link” versus “Search button”), they should be used appropriately so it is clear to screen reader users what a particular link or button will do. For example, it could be confusing to use a scripted link to submit a search form – a screen reader user that hears “Search link” may think this link will take them to the search page when they are instead looking for a search button to submit the form.

That All May Read

Have you heard of the NLS campaign, That All May Read? NLS is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS offers books the way you want them: in braille or audio formats, mailed to your door for free, or instantly downloadable. NLS works to ensure that all may read by providing eligible patrons access to NLS materials regardless of age, economic circumstances, or technical expertise.

Learn more and apply online.

YouDescribe is a free, web-based tool that allows anyone, anywhere to add audio descriptions to any YouTube video, and share them quickly and easily.  YouDescribe allows describers to record brief descriptions that are stored in the cloud and played back when the viewer watches the YouTube video with the YouDescribe player.

Here is a quick promotional video made for YouDescribe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKm4RILZa4

 

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