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Monthly Archive for January, 2012

The Rick Hansen Global Accessibility Map The Rick Hansen Global Accessibility Map is designed to help persons with disabilities find accessible businesses and restaurants near them — no matter where they are in the world! The Rick Hansen Foundation has launched its Global Accessibility Map, which lets reviewers write in to describe their experiences with […]

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Some interesting articles about AT for the week on 1/16 – 1/20   Using A New Voice To Enjoy Life After Cancer Brilliant Technology For Those Who Can’t Use Their Hands Kurzweil Releases Web-Based Literacy Tool It’s the talk of the school: Electronic ‘voice’ connects students with special AcceleGlove teaches you sign language: we go […]

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Assistive Technology Lawsuits to Watch As we close out 2011 and enter a new year, TAP would like to share information on several important/interesting AT-related lawsuits that will be worth watching in 2012. The outcomes of these lawsuits could have a big impact on assistive technology users in the years to come! October 2011: A blind law […]

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Beginner Tip # 6 – Keyboard Accessibility Difficulty: Beginner Category: Structure Presentation Ensuring that your webpage is fully accessible using only the keyboard is a vital component of web accessibility. All interactive elements, including links, buttons form fields, media controls, etc should be accessible using only the keyboard. Use the Tab key to navigate through page […]

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ATIA 2012

ATIA (The Assistive Technology Industry Association) will be hosting its annual conference from January 26th-28th in Orlando, FL. This year, MDTAP will be sending one of our staff AT Specialists to attend. With hundreds of sessions available, this year’s conference offers a wide range of topics from apps to literacy to families and employment. Additional […]

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AT in the news for the week of 1/9/2012 thru 1/13/2012 Reading into Technology How to pick great apps from a sea of mediocre ones Intel Explores New Modes of Communication for Stephen Hawking Fashion for all, local student wants to make everyone look fabulous Upcoming New ADA Rules Will Prompt ATM Overhauls Grad students […]

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