{"id":4326,"date":"2020-01-16T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2020-01-16T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:00:47","slug":"bbc-scotland-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4326","title":{"rendered":"BBC Scotland Article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi guys,<\/p>\n<p>After reading, a great article this past week from the BBC on how smart tech could transform the lives of people with disabilities. The original article originates from my \u2018neck of the woods,\u2019 Scotland and discusses how smartphones and other devices have created a layer of convenience for individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/blog-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Man in hat is outside wearing dark glasses holding phone in one hand and cane in the other.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/blog-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/blog.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit \u2013 Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>To review the article utilize this link and you will be sent over to the BBC Scotland article. I hope you enjoy the article as much as I did! Based on 2019, I am super excited to see what is ahead for accessible technology for 2020!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Sandy Murray, BBC Scotland.<\/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=4326\" 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>Hi guys, After reading, a great article this past week from the BBC on how smart tech could transform the lives of people with disabilities. The original article originates from my \u2018neck of the woods,\u2019 Scotland and discusses how smartphones and other devices have created a layer of convenience for individuals with disabilities. Photo credit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,21,19,5,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4329,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions\/4329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}