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By Kel SmithMany of us use and enjoy virtual worlds such as Second Life for work and play, and there is a vital demographic of virtual world participants with a wide range of disabilities: visual impairments, motor skill diso (Read More)
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PHILADELPHIA — Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say a man has pleaded guilty to sending letters to New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin in which he threatened to expose a fictitious sexual tryst among the coach and two women (Read More)
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The U.S. Paralympics will be hosting 12 student-athletes (ages 14-19) with physical disabilities and six adults, made up of coaches, teachers and program leaders at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, March (Read More)
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New York Times:
Andrea Combs has persevered through learning disabilities and the death of her husband. The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service assisted her in overcoming her latest obstacle, unemployment.
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washingtonpost.com - The District:
202-636-2950 http://www.arcdc.net This nonprofit advocacy group representing individuals with intellectual disabilities needs items such as collared shirts, blouses, gloves, wallets, iPods and jackets to support people with d (Read More)
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UK Disability Living:
... will launch a two-year, $1.2 million project to expand its travel training offerings for people with disabilities and seniors. Largely funded with a grant from the Federal Transit Administration's New Freedom ... (Read More)
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UK Disability Living:
... complex conditions are now surviving into adulthood. People with disabilities are living longer than in the past. (Read More)
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UK Disability Living:
... new electronics will accomplish much, she said. "When you have an opportunity to develop people with disabilities just with the purchase of some equipment, man, that's good," she said. (Read More)
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Accessibility in the News:
The Consumer Expert Group (CEG) was asked in the Digital Britain Report to report on the specific issues facing people with disabilities using the Internet. This report responds to that request. We urge that this report is u (Read More)
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Accessibility in the News:
Hot off the presses of many major gaming and technical news outlets is a story about a gamer who is visually impaired who is suing Sony Online Entertainment (Everquest 2) for game accommodations in massively multiplayer onlin (Read More)
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Nov 16, 2009
Accessibility in the News:
Some 30 million Americans potentially rely on software accessibility features to access library materials, according to the Reading Rights Coalition (RRC). So last spring, when text-to-speech (TTS) stopped working on OverDriv (Read More)
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Accessibility in the News:
Each school year, Andrea Brueckner receives $300 to purchase supplies for her special-needs class at Belleview-Santos Elementary. But every two weeks for the rest of the school year, she is going to bring in four new toys. T (Read More)
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Accessibility in the News:
With a little bit of work, some free online tools, and code and utilities available from this web page, you can provide your students, staff, and other users within and outside the university access to web video that is usabl (Read More)
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Assistive technology, autism, education technology, national center for technology innovation, NCTI, social media and disability, students with disabilities. (Read More)
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On November 6 the FCC held a Field Hearing on Broadband Access for People with Disabilities at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The hearing is one of many that will discuss ways to bring access to broadband to the nat (Read More)
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Two universities say they will not deploy Amazon’s Kindle DX to distribute electronic textbooks to their students, citing the Kindle’s lack of accessible features for people with print disabilities. While the Kindle DX featur (Read More)
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washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
ZUMBA EXERCISE CLASS, for age 55 and older, exercise with Latin music, led by a Zumba instructor. 9:30 a.m., Walter Reed Senior Center, 2909 S. 16th St., Arlington. Four sessions, $16; registration required. 703-228-0955.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.The Nation (Read More)
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