{"id":3381,"date":"2016-04-08T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3381"},"modified":"2016-04-08T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:33:02","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-4816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3381","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 4\/8\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s ever the question of what impact technology can have on the lives of people with disabilities, below is a comprehensive sampling of its power to do good. AT in the news for the week of 4\/4 thru 4\/8<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2016-04-toolkit-primary-healthcare-people-developmental.html\">New toolkit improving primary healthcare for people with IDD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/smartphone-accessory-diagnose-ear-infections-high-accuracy-380540\">New App Accurately Diagnoses Ear Infections, To Reduce Future Infection Rates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wivb.com\/2016\/04\/05\/johnny-agar-launches-handicap-accessibility-rating-website\/\">Michigan man with cerebral palsy launches website to rate handicap accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/probonoaustralia.com.au\/news\/2016\/04\/bridging-the-digital-divide-technology-and-accessibility-for-people-with-disability\/\">Australia Moves to Bridge Digital Divide of Technology &amp; Accessibility for People w\/Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/2016\/04\/07\/why-political-candidates-cant-afford-not-to-caption-their-videos\/?utm_content=buffer9436d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Why Candidates Can&#8217;t Afford NOT to Caption Their Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Ik_LHmZx8Y&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Make Technology Work for Everyone: introducing digital accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/susan-steinbrecher\/dancing-barista-demonstra_b_9524224.html\">Approaching World Autism Day, Why You Should Hire People with Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/2016\/03\/05\/the-future-of-video-captioning-according-to-google\/?utm_content=buffer22020&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">The Future of Video Captioning According to Google<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/11-maker-projects-designed-to-help-people-around-the-world-1651420\/\">11 maker projects designed to help people around the world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35971387\">Gamer with cerebral palsy given modified PS4 controller<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/new-tool-allows-paralyzed-to-speak--using-their-eyes\/2016\/04\/04\/a1dc1d98-da50-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html\">New tool allows paralyzed to speak \u2014 using their eyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/software\/social\/facebooks-ai-technology-describes-photos-to-visually-impaired-users\/d\/d-id\/1324986\">Facebook&#8217;s AI Technology Describes Photos To Visually Impaired Users<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/TjRADz8L\">The Abilities Hackathon, a collaborative effort to engage the tech community in human-centered design practices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/davidmack\/apple-dillan-barmache?utm_term=.hxd3DAMd7\">Apple Made A Video About A Teen With Autism And It\u2019s Incredibly Moving<\/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=3381\" 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>If there&#8217;s ever the question of what impact technology can have on the lives of people with disabilities, below is a comprehensive sampling of its power to do good. 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