{"id":2343,"date":"2014-03-28T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2014-03-28T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:33:17","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-32814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2343","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 3\/28\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a hopeful era. Customized synthetic voices, a harness to help children with disabilities walk, and so much more. Grab your coffee, settle into your comfy chair and catch up on some of the coolest AT news this week.<\/p>\n<p>AT in the news for the week of 3\/24 thru 3\/28<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bookshareblog.wpengine.com\/2014\/03\/reading-success-read2go\/\">Have you seen it yet? Student and teacher talk about assistive technology in awesome White House Film Festival video!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/q-continuum.net\/chicken_nugget\/\">Chicken Nugget is a fast and powerful Twitter Client that works extremely well with screen readers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance\">The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\">May 15 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/texas\/article\/Dallas-museum-takes-art-to-the-blind-and-beyond-5351025.php\">Dallas museum takes art to the blind and beyond<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/researchmatters\/march2014\/03172014alzheimers.htm\">Study Points to Possible Blood Test for Memory Decline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20140225\/NEWS\/140229504?Title=Students-Supporters-Celebrate-Launch-of-High-School-High-Tech\">Making science, tech, engineering &amp; math fields accessible to students with disabilities: STEM grants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2014\/03\/25\/feds-disability-hiring-mandate\/19222\/\">Feds Move Forward With Disability Hiring Mandate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2014\/03\/26\/294374936\/therapists-apps-aim-to-help-with-mental-health-issues?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Therapists&#8217; Apps Aim To Help With Mental Health Issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=92bcfdf7-ba70-4f09-a871-ae1b5126b35e\">Accessible websites and mobile apps: hot topics at CSUN\u2019s Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbazaaronline.com\/2014\/03\/26\/indian-american-scientist-rupal-patel-forefront-synthetic-voice-technology\/\">Indian American scientist Rupal Patel at the forefront of synthetic voice technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/64ouncegames\/board-games-now-blind-accessible\">Board Games: Now Blind Accessible by 64 Oz. Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-2588157\/Harness-hope-Invention-mother-wheelchair-bound-son-helps-physically-impaired-children-walk-time.html\">Harness invented by mother helps disabled children walk for first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patentlyapple.com\/patently-apple\/2014\/03\/apple-granted-patents-for-their-original-idevice-pinch-and-rotation-gestures-and-special-guis-for-the-disabled.html\">Apple Granted Patents for their Original iDevice Pinch and Rotation Gestures and Special GUI&#8217;s for the Disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/03\/25\/mirama-prototype-gesture-interface\/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter\">Mirama hopes to replace your smartphone with a headset, your camera button with a finger gesture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/national-federation-blind-and-hr-block-announce-agreement-assuring-accessibility\">NFB reached agreement with HRBlock, which will make its online tax prep &amp; mobile apps accessible to blind users<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infolawgroup.com\/2014\/03\/articles\/lawsuit\/doj-consent-decree-provides-guidance-to-web-accessibility-compliance-under-ada\/\">DOJ Consent Decree Provides Guidance on Web Accessibility Compliance Under ADA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssbbartgroup.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/25\/web-accessibility-101-video-series-using-ms-word-with-dragon-naturallyspeaking\/?utm_content=%23a11y&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Web Accessibility 101 Video Series: Using MS Word with Dragon NaturallySpeaking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/praacticalaac.org\/praactical\/speakall-a-praactical-research-to-practice-project\/\">SPEAKall! A PrAACtical Research-to-Practice Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/robohub.org\/introducing-the-cybathlon\/\">Cybathlon, a championship for athletes using robotic assistive devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goerie.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20140324\/APN\/303249934\">Disabled Winston-Salem woman gets help for her car<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2014\/03\/24\/most-va-websites-still-inaccessible-to-blind-vets.html?comp=700001075741&amp;rank=4\">Most VA Websites Still Inaccessible to Blind Vets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/wire\/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.Detail&amp;RCN=43673&amp;rev=0\">Tecnalia presents a smart home able to detect symptoms of neurodegenerative &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/blogs\/sounddiego\/NATL-SAN-In-SD-Stevie-Wonder-Touts-Tech-for-Impaired-251434961.html\">In SD, Stevie Wonder Touts Tech for Impaired<\/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=2343\" 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>We live in a hopeful era. 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