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Advocating for Yourself in an Emergency Medical Situation: Advice for People with Visual Impairments

… in the body, compromised by cancer a decade earlier, had snapped and displaced. I spent eight hours in the emergency … drug you are asking me to take and what is its purpose? (I happen to have a high sensitivity to all medications, so many … Safe and Independent: Get Help in an Emergency with Mobile Apps and Services , by Shelly Brisbin More from this author: …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld March 2017

Amazon Brings Voice Accessibility to the Kindle Paperwhite with a New Audio Adapter

… After the Kindle iOS and Android apps were made accessible, the blind and visually impaired … rebuild of the VoiceView touch screen reader. Amazon, like Apple and Google, is pushing hard to have its devices used … so the device cannot charge and voice simultaneously." Happily, Kindle eReaders usually come pre-charged, so I …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld July 2016

The Orion TI-30XS MultiView Talking Scientific Calculator from Orbit Research and American Printing House for the Blind: Calculating the Value

… I could only solve the easiest of these problems. Happily, the documentation follows each problem with a … solution that only marginally differs in size and appearance from the standard model. This benefits not only … certain types of calculations. The Orion TI-30XS may be approved as an accessible accommodation for students taking …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld March 2016

Employment

… from another employee (n=10). Other participants used an app or sought assistance from a family member or another … if there was audio description for the layout of the application, navigation through areas of the application, verbal explanation of what is being done on the …

Hotel Directions

… Please note that directions given in "steps" are approximate. Public Areas, Elevators, Meeting Space and … 5 steps ⮣ Turn Right And Proceed 16 Steps To Reach The Approximate Center of The Elevator Banks ⭢ With The Elevator … 5 Steps ⮣ Turn Right And Proceed 16 Steps To Reach The Approximate Center of the Elevator Banks ⭢ With The Elevator …

Focus on AFB: Winter 2016

… search, the American Foundation for the Blind announced the appointment of a new leader, Kirk Adams, who will take … he is known for innovative and effective leadership. The appointment was made in the wake of Carl R. Augusto’s … I help test new products and look at websites and apps to see how accessible they are,” he said. In his free …

February 2023 Comments on FCC Digital Discrimination of Broadband Access Rulemaking

… in our comment on the Notice of Intent, AFB supports an approach based on disparate impact. However, we also support the Commission’s proposed approach to consider disparate impact and/or treatment. Most … devices on a single connection to visual interpreting apps and ASL interpreting that require significant amounts …

Windows Basics, Part 3

… that can be activated with the Alt key. In Windows 10, many applications have replaced the menu bar with the more … tabs. Screen Reader: Ribbon. property page. File button. Application menu. Dropdown button grid. Submenu button. Open … bar, and you will still see the classic menu bars on many applications. Let's open Notepad again. Press the Windows …

AccessWorld News

… and Youths with Visual Impairments , represents the application of the theories presented in Volume I , and … page . Leader Dogs for the Blind Summer Experience Camp Application Deadline Extended to April 24 th Application Deadline Extended to April 24! Leader Dogs for …
AccessWorld April 2017

Insider Tips for Getting the Most from Vocational Rehabilitation

… the most from their VR experience. Unfortunately, there is approximately a 70 percent unemployment or underemployment … rehabilitation in different ways. You are encouraged to apply the information from the article to best support your … to your VR case that includes when you filled out your application, received notice of being eligible for services, …
Lee Huffman, Joe Strechay
AccessWorld October 2017

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