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Hannah More School Accepting Applications for Employment Program Serving Young Adults with Autism and/or Mental Illness Project EMPLOYMENT is a work skills development program that helps young adults with autism spectrum disorders and/or mental illness gain employment. Project EMPLOYMENT will begin Sept. 4, 2012, on the Hannah More school’s Reisterstown campus. The 28-week program provides instruction […]

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Auto-playing Audio Audio, such as background music, that automatically plays when a user comes to a web page can be very distracting and will interfere with screen reader audio. WCAG 2.0 Level A requires that “a mechanism is provided to stop, pause, mute, or adjust volume for audio that automatically plays on a page for […]

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VOICEYE Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP As a unique approach to accessing printed material, Korean company, VOICEYE INC, has developed a means of non-visual access to the printed page.  A small bar-code printed in the upper right hand of a page can contain as much as two pages of text.  The codes can […]

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AT in the news for the week of 7/9 – 7/13 Scientist Commands Robot 2,000 Miles Away With Brain Waves 2012 Imagine Cup touts assistive technology Kurzweil 3000 Firefly iPad App Releasedh Aging At Home, With The Help Of Technology Physical Education and Technology: Using Video Sports Games to Engage Students with Disabilities ‘Diabetes tattoos’ […]

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EasyGo: Accessible Family Changing Room Maggie’s Light is partnering with Wilmot Modular Structures  to develop and provide accessible family changing rooms for individuals with disabilities and their families that care for them, at community outings such as festivals, concerts, athletic and other events. The EasyGo provides individuals with disabilities, and their families, with the opportunity, […]

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WCAG 2.0 and Transcripts The word “transcript” doesn’t appear in WCAG 2.0 because it is strictly interpreted as being only the verbatim text version of that which is spoken. For optimal web accessibility for users with auditory disabilities, information in addition to the spoken content (such as indications of laughter or explosions, or the presentation […]

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