{"id":2626,"date":"2014-09-19T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2626"},"modified":"2014-09-19T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T14:42:00","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-91914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2626","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 9\/19\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be an AT\u00a0wrap up if we didn&#8217;t include something about Kanye West&#8217;s recent debacle. But we&#8217;ve also got some pretty amazing things, like a new breath to morse code gadget (so many possibilities there!), a sound-identifying app that is in prototype, iPhones with bigger screens for seniors, and lots of other goodies.\u00a0Have at it&#8230;\u00a0AT News Wrap Up for the week of 9\/15 thru 9\/19<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2014\/09\/19\/higher-ed-associations-disability-rights-groups-clash-over-campus-technology\">Higher ed associations, disability rights groups clash over campus technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/betaboston.com\/news\/2014\/09\/08\/otosense-is-an-app-that-hears-and-learns-the-sounds-of-the-world\/\">OtoSense is an app that hears and learns the sounds of the world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/2014\/09\/16\/gps-glasses-could-help-blind-see\">GPS glasses could help the blind &#8216;see&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/index.cfm\/2014\/9\/hearing-chapter-12-of-title-17https:\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/accessible?src=hash\">AFB&#8217;s Mark Richert testified before Congress today to keep copyrighted works #accessible to people with disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/index.cfm\/2014\/9\/hearing-chapter-12-of-title-17https:\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/accessible?src=hash\">Motorized Pants to Help Soldiers and Stroke Victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/driverless-cars-talking-atms-disabilities-are-transforming-big-business-1.2764814\">Driverless cars, talking ATMs: Disabilities are transforming big business<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/t1XNBnvAf2\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drakemusic.org\/blog\/dougbott\/making-music-eyegaze-real-world\">Making music with EyeGaze in the real world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HibWASCgCCo&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Cochlear Implant Music Study, Edmonton; Carrie Anton (video)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/dc-news-in-brief\/2014\/09\/16\/5132876e-230a-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html\">Cab companies chosen for DC wheelchair access program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2014\/09\/16\/uber-disability-discrimination\/19675\/\">Uber Accused Of Disability Discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jems.com\/article\/major-incidents\/hearing-impaired-patients-require-specia\">Hearing-Impaired Patients Require Special Consideration During a Disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2756713\/Talk-NOSE-16-year-old-invents-gadget-translates-breaths-Morse-code-help-disabled-people-communicate.html#ixzz3DVGVxhNE\">16-year-old invents gadget that translates breaths into Morse code<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/car-634981-chairiot-wheelchair.html\">Electric car for the disabled being test driven now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/micahsolomon\/2014\/09\/14\/are-you-as-bad-as-kanye-heres-how-to-fix-your-customer-service-experience-for-customers-with-disabilities\/\">How To Fix Your Service Experience For Customers With Disabilities &#8212; What Kanye Should Have Learned<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemeltoday.co.uk\/news\/more-news\/hi-tech-3d-printer-to-benefit-disabled-1-6295668#.VBcYZwO4_qA.twitter\">Hi-tech 3D printer to benefit disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/09\/14\/a-woman-faces-the-truth-as-she-slowly-goes-blind-and-deaf\/\">A woman faces the truth as she slowly goes blind and deaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2014\/09\/13\/iphones-with-bigger-screens-may-find-eager-senior-buyers\/cOKRRgoW71q0WLF6opAHCM\/story.html?event=event25\">iPhones with bigger screens may find eager senior buyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocj.com\/2014\/09\/ohio-agrability-program-improving-quality-of-life-on-the-farm\/\">Farming is a demanding &amp; dangerous career. 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