{"id":3466,"date":"2016-06-03T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2016-06-03T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:24:34","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-6316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3466","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 6\/3\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a cloudy weekend at the pool. Here&#8217;s a little reading to keep you occupied &#8211; AT in the news for the week of 5\/30 thru 6\/3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZTLWFzpc17U&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLXtHYVsvn_b-OyLfCR3M7djOLShKq7sBB\">Watch: Why high contrast mode is important for people with low vision, plus updates to Office 365<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/shortcuts\/2016\/jun\/01\/five-in-home-robots-that-could-change-your-life?CMP=share_btn_tw\">Five in-home robots that could change your life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2016\/06\/01\/tech\/disabled-theres-app\">Disabled? There&#8217;s (more than one) app for that<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctdinstitute.org\/events\/event-details\/3-d-printing-education-building-new-pathways-learning?utm_source=3D+time&amp;utm_campaign=Rupal+Eblast+3+%2F+Dyslexia+2+%2F+3D+1&amp;utm_medium=email\">3-D Printing in Education: Building New Pathways for Learning Add a new dimension to your student&#8217;s learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2016\/05\/designing-a-dementia-friendly-website\/\">Designing a dementia-friendly website starts with including people in the process<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/windows\/uwp\/accessibility\/accessibility-testing?platform=hootsuite\">Follow these testing procedures to ensure your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app is accessible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boombox.com\/c\/poll\/CTqAbQG7fuU8hkiODdFT1tJrxzC?utm_content=buffer464c1&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Vote now: Does your company have an accessibility policy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2016\/05\/27\/office-365-news-roundup-26\/?platform=hootsuite\">During the past two weeks, we\u2019ve announced improvements that make Office 365 more accessible and easier to use<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sr=1&amp;ct2=us%2F1_0_s_0_1_a&amp;sa=t&amp;usg=AFQjCNGntOBAS0CXoCh1LiNy03mVTTyZFQ&amp;cid=null&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fspotlightnews.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2F2016%2F05%2F29%2Fpractical-know-how-pays-off-college-students-across-region-team-with-outside-world-to-create-imaginative-tools-of-labor%2F&amp;ei=B5hNV8jBDMnWpweAtoCQDw&amp;rt=SECTION&amp;vm=STANDARD&amp;bvm=section&amp;did=2638843036123590441&amp;sid=84582918c23af6f3&amp;at=dt0&amp;shr=t\">College students across region team with outside world to create imaginative tools of labor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-accelerator-invests-in-tech-for-the-physically-challenged\/\">Israel accelerator invests in tech for people with disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/education-community\/article\/1960729\/inventors-stair-climbing-wheelchair-set-conquer?utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=&amp;utm_campaign=SCMPSocialNewsfeed\">Inventor\u2019s stair-climbing wheelchair set to conquer obstacles for Hong Kong\u2019s disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/barry-farrimond\/technology-disabled-musicians_b_10115266.html\">Barry Farrimond :How Technology Is Enabling Disabled Musicians to Play in an Orchestra Using Their Eyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pilotonline.com\/news\/local\/health\/children-who-need-medical-devices-that-insurance-won-t-cover\/article_80232270-617e-5024-ab2d-b447936a1690.html\">Children who need medical devices that insurance won&#8217;t cover get an assist from new resource<\/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=3466\" 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>Well, it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a cloudy weekend at the pool. 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