{"id":2361,"date":"2014-04-04T10:39:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T14:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2014-04-04T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T14:39:15","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-4414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2361","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 4\/4\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 3\/31 thru 4\/4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialworkhelper.com\/2014\/04\/03\/need-congress-pass-able-act\/\">The Need for Congress to Pass the ABLE Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roboticstrends.com\/service_healthcare\/article\/robbie_the_robot_personal_assistant_for_limbless_teenager\/#.Uz1GkAOqDY8.twitter\">Robbie the Robot: Personal Assistant for Limbless Teenager<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/04\/clear-3-d-printed-defibrillators-can-shock-heart-without-pads\/\">A Gold Gadget That Would Let You Stop Heart Attacks With a Smartphone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/technology\/sci-tech\/avatar-could-care-for-elderly-in-future-20140304-hvg0i.html\">&#8216;Avatar&#8217; could care for elderly in future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"hhttp:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/04\/02\/wearable-tech-improving-lives\/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfZmVhbGU3N2szODd0emE2eiJ9\">Wearable Tech Isn&#8217;t Just Fashionable, It&#8217;s Improving Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/innovations\/wp\/2014\/04\/02\/this-robotic-exoskeleton-is-helping-the-paralyzed-walk-again\/?tid=hpModule_88854bf0-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394\">This robotic exoskeleton is helping the paralyzed walk again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.out-law.com\/en\/articles\/2014\/february\/banks-energy-providers-and-public-bodies-should-be-subject-to-web-accessibility-rules-vote-meps\/?utm_content=buffer80e83&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Banks, energy providers and public bodies should be subject to web accessibility rules, vote MEPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appdevelopermagazine.com\/1268\/2014\/3\/31\/Equal-Access-App-Development:-Create-an-App-with-Assistive-Technology-\/#.UzrgVNtT1BM.twitter\">Equal Access App Development: Create an App with Assistive Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groundreport.com\/dyslexia-software-for-windows-tablets-released-by-ghotit\/#.Uzrf3YmlO4I.twitter\">Dyslexia Software for Windows Tablets Released by Ghotit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/features\/smartbuy\/a-smart-cane-for-the-visually-impaired\/article5855335.ece\">A \u2018smart cane\u2019 for the visually impaired<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2591615\/Birth-BIONIC-Olympics-New-competition-let-athletes-compete-using-exoskeletons-brainwaves-2016.html\">Bionic Olympics will come to Switzerland in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/what-s-on\/music\/disabled-musicians-find-an-equilibrium-1-3358064#.UznFJeD6Gyg.twitter\">Disabled musicians find an Equilibrium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/lehigh_university_grad_invents.html\">Lehigh University graduate invents fingertip markers for children, disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/living\/ci_25453730\/new-app-lets-special-students-express-themselves\">New app lets special students express themselves<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/daniel-b-peters-phd\/gifted-learning-disabled-_b_5052115.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\">Gifted+Learning Disabled = No Desk For You, Says New Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/arts\/theater-art\/2014\/03\/29\/deaf-blind-cast-break-bread-with-their-audience\/PVwe1SF9BX7GMDLOHNbYyN\/story.html?utm_content=bufferccf2e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Amazing story of a 15-year-old theater workshop for deaf-blind actors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liftlabsdesign.com\/\">Liftware cancels tremor to bring the joy back to mealtime<\/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); 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