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Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Jan 10th, 2014
Wowzers! We’ve got some good ones today…check all of this week’s AT news, right here. AT in the news for the week of 1/6 thru 1/10 Woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease authors short story by blinking eyes Adapting your home when living with vision loss First adaptive paddle board of its kind to accommodate a […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Maryland Department of Disabilities, MD Technology Assistance Program, Things to Know Thursday on Jan 9th, 2014
Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. And sometimes PhD candidates can help that invention along, too. During this past year, MDTAP was lucky enough to have Brian Frey, a UMBC Human Centered Computing PhD candidate, intern with us. As he explored AT robotics projects, discussed the many merits of 3-D printers, and directly supported a […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 8th, 2014
Link Focus Indicators Difficulty: Advanced Category: Presentation A link that has keyboard focus (accessed using the Tab key) is typically identified by a dotted line that surrounds the link. This dotted line is called the focus indicator or link outline. This focus indicator can be removed with outline:0 in CSS. Doing so will make it […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Tech Tip Tuesday on Jan 7th, 2014
Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Informed consumer choice is one of our goals at MDTAP. Meaning, you, the consumer, must choose the assistive technology which works best for you. There are two aspects to this. In an ideal world all technology works well and performs as expected. This is not the case […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Education, Mystery Monday on Jan 6th, 2014
Charting Deaf Territory, Part One How UVa Is Managing To Accommodate a Deaf Medical Student Contributed by Christopher Sherman Read, Accessible Technology Specialist, University of Virginia Preface Utter disbelief. That’s the initial reaction some people have when they hear that a Deaf student is attending the medical school program at the University of Virginia. The […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Jan 3rd, 2014
My fingers and toes may not have thawed out yet from this morning’s commute to the office, but hopefully you’re somewhere warm and cozy. So, to add to the ambiance, here is some of the latest AT news to catch up on while you get toasty next to the fireplace. AT in the news for […]
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