{"id":2322,"date":"2014-03-13T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T20:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2014-03-13T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T20:14:18","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-31414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2322","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 3\/14\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holy moly, this is a lot of AT goodness! So, I&#8217;m sending it out a day early so you have enough time to read it all up. Accessible yoga for the blind, self-help anxiety app, digital literacy for kids with autism, and much, much\u00a0more&#8230; AT in the news for the week of 3\/10 &#8211; 3\/14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaebler.com\/News\/Small-Business-Marketing\/Hotels-and-Restaurants-Lead-Other-Small-Businesses-in-Mobile-Accessibility-900000562.htm\">Hotels And Restaurants Lead Other Small Businesses In Mobile Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekamagazine.co.uk\/design-engineering-features\/technology\/how-biomechatronic-prosthetics-are-changing-the-face-of-disability\/60092\/#sthash.9taddsUo.uxfs\">How biomechatronic prosthetics are changing the face of disability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/blog\/atblog\/top-four-picks-braille-users-idevices\">Top four picks for Braille users of iDevices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/firehose\/archive\/2014\/03\/07\/accessible-yoga-for-the-blind-using-kinect.aspx#.UyG_gMgnUGs.twitter\">Accessible yoga for the blind using Kinect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bdmtech.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/whats-on-my-ipad-assistive-apps-i-use.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQrGkR+%28Assistive+Technology+Blog%29\">&#8220;What&#8217;s on my iPad? 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