{"id":2054,"date":"2013-09-27T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2013-09-27T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:53:12","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-92713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2054","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap-Up, 9\/27\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 9\/23 &#8211; 9\/27<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessiq.org\/news\/news\/2013\/09\/google-course-helps-improve-web-accessibility\">Google is running its first online course on website accessibility for those who are blind or vision impaired<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyconnect.org\/parentsite.asp?SectionID=72&amp;TopicID=530&amp;DocumentID=6491\">Fun Activities for Teaching Magnifier Use<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdd.unm.edu\/dhpd\/pdfs\/FifthEditionTipsSheet.pdf\">1st responders need to know how to work w\/people w\/disabilities. Download the CDC Disability Tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2013-09-mental-health-eye-breakthrough-entrepreneurial.html\">Mental health &#8216;eye test&#8217; breakthrough wins top entrepreneurial award<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2013-09-mental-health-eye-breakthrough-entrepreneurial.html\">A Spoon for People With Parkinson&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/alltechconsidered\/2013\/09\/24\/225791332\/accessible-designs-could-help-us-all-but-only-if-firms-bite?sc=tw&amp;cc=share\">Accessible Designs Could Help Us All \u2014 But Only If Firms Bite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ron_mccallum_how_technology_allowed_me_to_read.html?goback=.gde_4083270_member_275487875#!\">How technology allowed me to read<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ruth-bettelheim\/mental-disabilities-in-th_b_3961243.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\">Mental Disabilities in the Digital Age: Independence and Autonomy for All<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.practicalecommerce.com\/articles\/58946-U-S-Proposes-ADA-Compliance-for-Ecommerce-Websites\">U.S. Proposes ADA Compliance for Public Websites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2013\/09\/22\/technologies-that-guide-driverless-vehicles-could-one-day-help-blind-navigate\/OkcfO2naFHD53YVLCV3IWP\/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw\">Two cameras to help where eyes have failed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/stories\/news\/health\/health-briefs-technologies-brighten-prospects-for-wheelchair-users-704519\/\">Technologies brighten prospects for wheelchair users<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thejournal.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/23\/federal-funding-targets-technology-for-students-with-disabilities.aspx\">Federal Funding Targets Technology for Students with Disabilities<\/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=2054\" 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 9\/23 &#8211; 9\/27 Google is running its first online course on website accessibility for those who are blind or vision impaired Fun Activities for Teaching Magnifier Use 1st responders need to know how to work w\/people w\/disabilities. 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