{"id":227,"date":"2011-10-07T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-11-29T13:32:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T18:32:33","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-friday-1072011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Up Friday 10\/7\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of October 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Disabled individuals find smooth sailing with adaptive programs <a title=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/news.aspx\/?id=190011\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LLM5nawS\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3et9muc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hair-washing Japanese robot is a relief to the ageing population <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/info\/?id=292068350\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fuUZzAIE\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3roqpnn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magic table gives disabled child control over her music <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/info\/?id=292149602\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jn8b6RAk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3elpjkh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This Stuff Doesn&#8217;t Change the World&#8217;: Disability and Steve Jobs&#8217; Legacy <a title=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/epicenter\/2011\/10\/steve-jobs-disability\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HNqeXghP\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4x7p928<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remembering Steve Jobs and his contributions to accessible technology: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jj7ARRBu_n65jX9RFSYvjNQQGKZw\/?docId=d2f48a784c9f4893a0fa434ff8a5822a\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FdQN9sIh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/nVja9f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities <a title=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/tech-disabled\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mj5jqpvS\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.mash.to\/q4ZFZA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>iPhone 4s announced. How does that impact users with disabilities? <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.eastersealstech.com\/iphone-4s-announced-how-does-that-impact-users-with-disabilities\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/D98EI6Wl\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/nsJZ72<\/a><\/p>\n<p>October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month <a title=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/10\/03\/presidential-proclamation-national-disability-employment-awareness-month\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/GQLwgtCh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fb.me\/J73Jm8aM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Making <a title=\"#Android\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23Android\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">#<\/span><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a> Phones <a title=\"#Accessible\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23Accessible\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">#<\/span><strong>Accessible<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to People who are <a title=\"#Blind\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23Blind\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">#<\/span><strong>Blind<\/strong><\/a>: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/2011\/10\/att-mobile-accessibility-lite\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YA8gpFLp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/2011\/10\/att-mobile-accessibility-lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s Predictive Pre-Recording: Genius Or Invasion Of Privacy? <a title=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/9490\/products\/googles-predictive-pre-recording-genius-or-invasion-of-privacy\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0Dnj7eQR\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6avjusb<\/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=227\" 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 October 3-7 Disabled individuals find smooth sailing with adaptive programs http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3et9muc Hair-washing Japanese robot is a relief to the ageing population http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3roqpnn Magic table gives disabled child control over her music http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3elpjkh &#8216;This Stuff Doesn&#8217;t Change the World&#8217;: Disability and Steve Jobs&#8217; Legacy http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4x7p928 Remembering Steve Jobs [&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":[3,27,5,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"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=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}