{"id":1916,"date":"2013-07-12T09:36:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2013-07-12T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T13:36:15","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-71213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1916","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 7\/12\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 7\/8 &#8211; 7\/12<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacecoastdaily.com\/2013\/07\/talking-books-program-draws-library-of-congress-honors\/\">Talking Books Program Draws Library of Congress Honors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/eone\/the-bradley-a-timepiece-designed-to-touch-and-see\">The Bradley &#8211; A new tactile watch makes time fashionably accessible to blind &amp; sighted people alike<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USMHSTMACAP\/bulletins\/82e4ee#.Ud71U0Hh-6w.twitter\">\u201cEverybody: An Artifact History of Disability in America\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierrastar.com\/2013\/07\/09\/63542\/technology-that-helps-seniors.html\">Technology that helps seniors stay at home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2013\/07\/11\/tapestry-visual-story-telling-app-adds-support-for-iframe-embeds\/\">Tapestry visual story-telling app adds support for iframe embeds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8fdXNN0irI\">New amputee creates her own functional prosthetic leg out of Lego blocks! Now that&#8217;s talent<\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/mOylQ\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TgXZ1il2ns\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/health\/ci_23626288\/apps-helping-autistic-kids-socially-and-academically\">Apps for helping autistic kids socially and academically<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2013\/07\/09\/museum-no-girls-wheelchair\/18282\/\">Museum Says No To Girl&#8217;s Wheelchair<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/deal-boosts-blind-s-access-to-texts-1.13351\">Deal boosts blind\u2019s access to texts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tricities.com\/news\/local\/article_b788cac6-dddf-11e2-a4d0-0019bb30f31a.html#.UdwmhWQ1-o0.twitter\">High-tech gains get disabled people into workforce<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/07\/08\/desire2learns-blind-workers-help-make-better-accessibility-tools-for-classrooms-exclusive\/#kv5bsKWUwwrAzswh.02\">Desire2Learn\u2019s blind workers help make better accessibility tools for classrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tucollaborative.org\/pdfs\/education\/College_Guide.pdf\">Practical guide for people with disabilities who want to go to college<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/technology\/real-life-super-powered-exosuit-better-faster-stronger-softer-6C10435778\">Will technology beat science on a fix for paralysis? The Dept. of Defense certainly thinks so<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.missouristate.edu\/2013\/07\/08\/gerontology\/\">Study shows seniors navigate assistive technology with ease<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/484839-disabled-keyboard-technology-could-help-assistive-control-with-growth.html\">Disabled keyboard technology could help Assistive Control with growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.domain-b.com\/technology\/20130706_movements.html\">Low-cost technology helps severely disabled play computer games with eye movements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wydaily.com\/2013\/07\/06\/emergency-responders-turn-to-technology-to-track-disabled-people-who-get-lost\/\">Emergency Responders Turn to Technology to Track Disabled People Who Get Lost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/business\/ci_23606844\/apps-helping-autistic-kids-socially-and-academically\">Apps for helping autistic kids socially and academically<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ummid.com\/news\/2013\/July\/07.07.2013\/ipad_application_fr_autistic_child.html#.UdrHVmm4atc.twitter\">Special iPad application now for schooling autistic children<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1916\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 7\/8 &#8211; 7\/12 Talking Books Program Draws Library of Congress Honors The Bradley &#8211; A new tactile watch makes time fashionably accessible to blind &amp; sighted people alike \u201cEverybody: An Artifact History of Disability in America\u201d Technology that helps seniors stay at home Tapestry visual story-telling app [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}