… The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Rights Task Force write to urge the … affected disabled people and particularly those who are Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, has … as the pandemic has continued to force many formerly in-person interactions online. While the courts have been …
… Today, there are an estimated one million Americans with combined vision and hearing loss sufficient to warrant … and other technology that will connect individuals who are deaf-blind to a world of opportunities for … computers, oversized computer monitors that enable a person with extremely low vision to see content from the …
AccessWorld May 2013
… Deborah Kendrick You may not think that one person can be both a computer nerd and popular—but it's … If there is one tiresome statistic that everyone connected with blindness and low vision has heard all too often, it is … impairments. What is it, I wondered, that leads one person who is blind to a job he loves, a job where his talent is …
AccessWorld April 2019
… and tech I will continue to use when we go back to in person. By not [not having the option to be in-person], one … were approximately 5.6 million children enrolled in school, with 91.8% of them attending public school. 9 School … researchers wanted to understand attendance for children whose family members participated in the study. Of the 175 …
… look at the big picture, so to speak. This is true in our personal lives, professional lives, and even in our relationships with technology. Everyone who experiences vision loss and uses technology certainly …
AccessWorld June 2018
… Envision To Partner With Gimbal, Leaders In Proximity-Based Mobile Engagement … not only on users' physical location, but also on their personal preferences. Envision and Gimbal will work together in onboarding mobile application developers who are focused on building applications and services for …
AccessWorld June 2015
… In a tougher economy with tighter federal and local budgets, non-profits and … "The Department of Labor hired a human resources manager who will specifically oversee the hiring of persons with disabilities and their needs," she explained. …
AccessWorld October 2011
… telephones. GPS technology is especially useful for anyone who travels a lot and knows the feeling of getting lost. How … feet. The ideal conditions for GPS are a large open space with a direct view of the sky. Unfortunately, the signal is … in GPS technology for use by blind and visually impaired persons. Atlas is mapping software with built-in speech …
AccessWorld May 2002
… If you've been involved with assistive technology in the past 23 years, the chances … are that you are at least aware of the Technology and Persons with Disabilities conference, the international … and, of course, those of interest to technology users who are blind or have low vision. Vendor presentations in …
AccessWorld May 2008
… and then moving on because travel is stressful enough without the added pressures of booking and planning. … However, as the quote above demonstrates, many travelers who are blind or visually impaired feel this added stress … reader followed in popularity by preferring to ask another person for help (32 percent). Twenty-three percent reported …
AccessWorld November 2012