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I recently talked with a colleague about a recent workshop on accessible elearning that a few colleagues and I held at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. He said that it was…
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Last week I was at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, presenting a workshop (with Jennifer Chadwick of SiteImprove) on accessible elearning (the resources are available on Microassist’s website.) This year’s CSUN…
By the Office of Special Education Programs The Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) is pleased to announce the OSEP Fast Facts infographic initiative. OSEP Fast Facts enable us to share and promote Section 618 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) data in a new and interactive way. Section 618 of the IDEA requires each
NOTE: 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. By Nevada Vocational Rehabilitation If a picture is worth a thousand words, Dillon Maestrejuan is a prolific storyteller, and he is turning a passion for photography into a promising career path with assistance from Nevada Vocational Rehabilitation (VR). Dillon, who has cerebral palsy that affects his mobility,
After days of agonizing, I have decided not to attend and present at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim next week. It would have been my 20th time attending and my 17th (more or less) time presenting. (The picture illustrating this post shows me with a Bank of America spokesperson in the CSUN exhibit…
Twenty years ago this week (on March 14, 2000) Bank of America became the first company in the United States to sign an agreement to make its website accessible to people with disabilities. The agreement referenced the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 at a time when the standard was less than one year old.…
Diana Capobianco is a private practice pediatric dentist, Executive Board Maryland Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Maryland Chapter of AAP. Her career as a pediatric dentist includes working with infants, children, teens and individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. Diana holds several positions in local county
NOTE: 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. By: Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB) “It isn’t too scary,” Levi Welsch said, when asked how he felt about the possibility of his vision loss deteriorating in the future. “I am learning skills,” he said, “and I know that Minnesota State Services
When healthcare providers are faced with the threat of legal action they often scramble to make their sites compliant, doing the bare minimum necessary to avoid legal and financial repercussions.…
Healthcare providers and services are expanding their reach by providing digital channels through which users and patients can perform their transactions. While these are positive developments that should provide convenience…
The travel industry, thanks to collaboration with disability experts, is entering the next decade well positioned to make a difference in the lives of the 1 in 5 people with…
Assistive technology provider Inclusive Technology has launched the world’s first eye tracker for the iPad Pro called Skyle, which helps people with complex access and communication needs to become more…
The research study provided by Acquire Market Research on Global ‘Stroke Assistive Devices Industry’ offers a strategic assessment of the Stroke …
Lastly, your website should be compliant with assistive technology in various … There are a few tips that can assist you in complying with the ADA and …
in Addition, according to him, it is not for the technical adaptation of a web site, but to ensure the accessibility of the organisation as a whole. “It’s more… …
Class sizes are cut to 12 to minimise noise that can make it hard for DHH children to recognise speech, and assistive technologies, closed captions …
“Adaptive technology and braille are two important areas where students receiving credit for the work that they do will advance them faster through the …
On one side are hearing devices, traditionally expensive, medicalised and often under-utilised. “They have been seen as assistive technologies, …
The US has had web accessibility standards since 2000, but they haven’t been enforced or adopted evenly. That said, …
if you’re in the midst of a website refresh, don’t forget to put web accessibility on your list of priorities, writes DelCor’s Tom Jelen. Making your website …
In what world do we put Beyoncé, Domino’s Pizza and PornHub in the same sentence? Answer: They all got sued recently for allegedly not having a website that complies with…
Fausto Panizzolo is a talented Italian researcher specialized in biomechanics and motion analysis. It was there that he founded the start-up Moveo Walks. His mission is to improve mobility, to…
Accessibility is an important part of making a website that’s usable for everyone. Visual accessibility sometimes doesn’t get enough attention–let’s help fix that. Here are five things to know about…
When you’ve spent loads of time on the web within the final decade, you may instantly acknowledge this description: a toddler clenches his fist in entrance of a determined-looking face.…
On Friday, February 7, 2020, California’s Attorney General’s Office released revisions to the proposed regulations (the “Modified Draft Regulations”) for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The CCPA is a…
RAZ Mobility (www.razmobility.com), a provider of mobile assistive technology, announced today the launch of the RAZ Memory Cell Phone. The cell …
Listen Technologies, provider of assistive listening, multi-language audio transmission and live streaming audio solutions, has teamed up with Disney …
The following summarizes Microassist’s work developing a Verbal De-escalation training program for the National Center for Campus Public Safety. The project was recognized with the 2019 Leaders in Learning award…
I’m sitting in the airport on my way home from two conferences put on by #A11yTO. I’ve been trying to figure out what made the three days in Toronto so great. This post is what I’ve come up with. #A11yTO is a volunteer-run digital accessibility community in Toronto. Puzzled by the title? A11y (that’s A-eleven-Y)…
On October 21, 2019 friends and supporters of Disability Rights Advocates, a national nonprofit disability rights legal center, gathered in New York to celebrate the organization and honor this year’s Eagle Award recipients. One of the honorees was Bank of America, a long-time digital accessibility and disability inclusion leader and Structured Negotiation champion. The picture…