{"id":1748,"date":"2013-04-26T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1748"},"modified":"2013-04-26T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:00:03","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-42613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1748","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 4\/26\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 4\/22 &#8211; 4\/26<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/queensland\/2013\/04\/touchscreens-for-the-blind-1.html#.UXkpAe_dEzo.twitter\">Touchscreens for the blind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techhive.com\/article\/2036229\/mind-controlled-tablets-are-real-no-you-cant-have-one-yet.html%20\u2026\">Mind-controlled tablets are real; no, you can&#8217;t have one yet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/pr\/1204054\">PrepForward\u2019s Online Courses Help Teachers Create Inclusive Classrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/braille-smartphone-connects-the-visually-impaired-and-sightless%20\u2026\">Braille smartphone connects the visually impaired and sightless<\/a> (Video)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/article\/513076\/building-a-better-world\/\">MIT\u2019s Public Service Center has harnessed students\u2019 humanitarian impulses for 25 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2013\/04\/22\/177452578\/young-adults-with-autism-can-thrive-in-high-tech-jobs?sc=tw&amp;cc=share\">Young Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediamughals.com\/News\/1\/1\/Article\/11942\/Horizons_examines_the_impact_of_a_rapidly_ageing_global_population.htm%20\u2026\">Horizons examines the impact of a rapidly ageing global population<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/todaysheadlines\/ci_23078271\/music-can-heal-our-wounds-man-rises-above%20\u2026\">Music can heal our wounds: Man rises above his disability to compose score<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.dailypress.com\/2013-04-21\/health\/dp-nws-gadget-demo-0420-20130421_1_vats-david-murray-devices%20\u2026\">Cool gadgets aid independent living<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1748\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 4\/22 &#8211; 4\/26 Touchscreens for the blind Mind-controlled tablets are real; no, you can&#8217;t have one yet PrepForward\u2019s Online Courses Help Teachers Create Inclusive Classrooms Braille smartphone connects the visually impaired and sightless (Video) MIT\u2019s Public Service Center has harnessed students\u2019 humanitarian impulses for 25 years Young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}