{"id":835,"date":"2012-03-30T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2012-03-30T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:30:40","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-3302012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Up, 3\/30\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT in the news for the week of 3\/26 &#8211; 3\/20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/autos\/blind-man-drives-120329.html\">Blind Man Drives Car<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4syllables.com.au\/2010\/09\/accessibility-web-writers-part-1\/\">Fab accessibility resource for web writers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthzone.ca\/health\/newsfeatures\/article\/1145894--high-tech-braille-devices-are-touching-the-lives-of-blind-canadians\">High-tech Braille devices are touching the lives of blind Canadians<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audicus.com\/blog\/2012\/cool-hearing-aid-design\/\">Top 10 &#8220;coolest&#8221; 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