22nd Anniversary Celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act Thursday, July 26, 2012 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. University of Maryland, Baltimore County An Honors University University Center Ballroom RVSP by July 20th. Call 410-767-3660 voice/tty or 1-800-637-4113 voice/tty or email mdod@mdod.state.md.us Interpreter, captioning and assistive listening devices will be provided. For other accommodations, call […]
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AT in the news for the week of 7/2 – 7/6 Muscle-Like Action Allows Camera to Mimic Human Eye Movement Despite Delays, Chair Lifts Coming To Public Pools Device uses sound or touch to help visually impaired people perceive the visual scene surrounding them The State of Audio Description Around The World Fun and Games: […]
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Students United in Campus Community Engagement for Post-Secondary Success Deadline for applications is July 10, 2012! SUCCESS is an education program for students with intellectual disabilities. A partnership between the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the Maryland Department of Disabilities, SUCCESS is a pilot program that will enable Marylanders with intellectual disabilities to develop […]
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Introducing Fleksy Contributed by Joel Zimba, MDTAP Special Projects Coordinator Hot on the heels of a virtual Braille keyboard typing app, which has yet to be released, comes yet another prospective means for blind users to quickly enter text. Similar to the Swipe keyboard on the Android platform, Fleksy makes educated guesses about what you […]
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Have you been to the MDTAP AT Library recently? We’re frequently adding to and updating our equipment – here are just a few of the newest items: The Forte – A writing support tool that includes a small lightweight design with a variety of supporting programs including text to speech, word prediction, keyboard instruction, spelling guidance, math facts […]
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AT in the news for the week of 6/25 – 6/29 Why Did Apple Pull An App Designed To Help Autistic Children Speak? (Red Orbit ) Google Glass Explorer Edition: Prototype Glasses Priced At Whopping $1,500 Social media helping autistic children navigate the world $199? BLiNK Eye Tracking Technology for Computer Control from CMS, LLC […]
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