{"id":3293,"date":"2016-02-26T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2016-02-26T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:39:08","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-22616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3293","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 2\/26\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my gracious, this week is full of the feels, and this is just a smattering of what we tweeted! Moms making clothes for kids with disabilities (and getting big name designers to sell them!), virtual reality changing the game for those with depression, college kids designing accessible toys&#8230;check it all out. 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