{"id":982,"date":"2012-06-01T09:17:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T13:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2012-06-01T09:17:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T13:17:43","slug":"at-in-the-news-weekly-wrap-up-612012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=982","title":{"rendered":"AT in the news, Weekly Wrap-Up, 6\/1\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 5\/28 &#8211; 6\/1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vision-systems.com\/articles\/2012\/06\/vision-system-helps-the-visually-impaired-view-presentations.html\">Vision system helps the visually impaired view presentations<\/a> &#8211; Vision Systems Design:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticstoday.com\/articles\/new-technologies-revolutionize-prosthetic-devices0530210201\">New technologies revolutionize prosthetic devices<\/a> &#8211; Plastics Today<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/47623305\/ns\/local_news-indianapolis_in\/#.T8dhbplYtOg\">Hutson school gave 75 Kindles to students with dyslexia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2012\/05\/21\/153202340\/katie-beckett-defied-the-odds-helped-other-disabled-kids-live-longer?sc=tw&amp;cc=share\">Katie Beckett Defied The Odds, Helped Other Disabled Kids Live Longer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/disabilities.blogs.starnewsonline.com\/11945\/wake-forest-university-engineer-gives-back-to-disability-community-through-app-creation\/\">Wake Forest University engineer gives back to disability community through app creation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/able\/index.html\">COGNO 2.0 \u2014 Designed for the human mind. 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