{"id":2899,"date":"2015-04-03T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2015-04-03T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T14:27:07","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-4315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2899","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 4\/3\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook improving accessibility, interactive robots for sick kids, Braille money and lots more. You should read it, right here -AT in the news for the week of 3\/30 thru 4\/3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2015\/04\/prweb12630230.htm\">National Federation of the Blind Applauds DOJ Settlement with edX<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/technology\/exoskeleton-leg-brace-that-improves-walking-has-potential-to-help-disabled-and-elderly-31112106.html\">Exoskeleton leg brace that improves walking has potential to help disabled and elderly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/technology\/exoskeleton-leg-brace-that-improves-walking-has-potential-to-help-disabled-and-elderly-31112106.html\">Facebook Introduces Accessibility Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2015\/03\/31\/facebooks-empathy-lab-how-facebook-designs-for-disabled-users\/?postshare=6171427913690080\">Facebook&#8217;s &#8220;Empathy Lab&#8221;: How Facebook designs for disabled users<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_news\/students-design-robot-help-disable-students-art-676843207\">Students Design Robot To Help Disabled Students With Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/cio-briefing\/2015\/03\/18f-trying-make-federal-sites-better-disabled-users\/108961\/\">18F Wants to Make More Dot-Govs Accessible to People with Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/32142766?ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_campaign=bbc_ouch&amp;ns_source=twitter&amp;ns_linkname=news_central\">Watch: A 13-year-old Australian boy called Connor has successfully campaigned to get Braille on Australian bank notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2015\/03\/29\/wegmans-tops-deaf-hard-hearing-pharmacy\/70631128\/\">Wegmans to expand help for deaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualpressoffice.com\/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=1948998&amp;fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&amp;menuName=News&amp;sId=&amp;sInfo=\">Edison Nation Medical Announces Open Innovation Search Focused on Senior Mobility Products<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/03\/31\/time-for-the-prize-aging-in-place\/\">Time for the Prize: Aging in Place<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/03\/blue-robotic-bear-make-sick-kids-feel-less-blue\/\">Meet Huggable, an interactive teddy from Personal Robots group who&#8217;s out to make hospitals less scary for sick kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aarp.org\/2015\/03\/26\/cochlear-implants-shown-to-reverse-cognitive-decline\/?sf37300929=1\">New research finds that cochlear implants not only help hearing loss, but may also improve thinking and memory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eyegazesen.wikispaces.com\/home\">There&#8217;s a &#8216;low cost&#8217; eyegaze comparison chart on the Eyegaze for PMLD wiki site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehi.co.uk\/news\/EHI\/9940\/nhs-launches-mental-health-app-library\">NHS launches mental health app library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statepress.com\/article\/2015\/03\/asu-alumnus-creates-technology-to-help-sensory-disabled\/\">ASU alumnus creates technology to help sensory disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20150330005708\/en\/Tobii-Dynavox-Applauds-Senate-Step-Steve-Gleason#.VR6b7lJ0w2x\">Tobii Dynavox Applauds Senate Step Forward on &#8216;The Steve Gleason Act of 2015&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/life\/program-helps-disabled-and-their-caregivers-reach-potential\">Partners in policymaking facilitates transition for those w\/IDD &amp; caregivers to community advocates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=2899\" 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>Facebook improving accessibility, interactive robots for sick kids, Braille money and lots more. 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