… and Print Disabled. We made an instant connection over our love of reading, braille, combined vision and hearing … and lots of dumplings. Near the end of that visit, the Four Seasons delighted her with a "gorgeous braille plate" on … with alternative techniques. This is decades of cultural stories perpetuating the idea that people with disabilities …
AccessWorld November 2019
… go ahead and jump right in, I'm going to let you introduce yourselves. If you could just spend... Dave, why don't you go … and go first, just two minutes about a little bit about your background and then how you got into audio description … Jeff we'll have you do the same. Dave: Jeff you can catch your breath and [crosstalk]. Jeff: I'm just glad to be here. …
… do this oral history interview with me. We're sitting in your lovely home in St. Petersburg, Florida. I've met your wife, Mel, and I've met your daughter, Emley. Tell me … bit. I'll get you to tell us a whole bunch of inspiring stories as we go along. We'll talk about how happenstance …
… home and we’re past that now all of a sudden you're not in your regular office and something was inaccessible to you. … Rosenblum: So Troy Otillio approached Kirk Adams, who is our CEO here at AFB and said, "Hey, let's do just a little … especially in that beginning when we had all these news stories about what if hospitals ran out of beds and how to …
… some exciting new additions. AFB is thrilled to be hosting our annual AFB Leadership Conference (AFBLC) in person for … and feature experienced moderators from some of your favorite news publications. “Our hope is that more open … met with more than 150 deaf and blind children. She shared stories of how she learned to speak, told them of the beauty …
… "You'll have to read the screen to me," I told her, on our walk to the ATM whose location I had learned from a few … of the simple transaction was executed. More than once, our responses were too slow, and that machine made that … aggravation. Blind people around the country have many such stories to tell. We have asked strangers to enter our …
AccessWorld July 2001
… I failed to get what I wanted. In those days a little coloured girl, Martha Washington, the child of our cook, and Belle, an old setter and a great hunter in her … the cows were milked morning and evening were unfailing sources of interest to Martha and me. The milkers would let …
… In the very beginning, Hadley offered only correspondence courses from their base in Winnetka, Illinois. A student … mail back an evaluation. Hadley still offers home study courses on how to read and write braille, but now they also … modern technology to present a wide array of additional course offerings in new formats. A Chat with Julie Tye, …
AccessWorld September 2020
… of Representatives Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hearing on … of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without … of the copyright system: [T]hese raised letters are, under our fingers, precious seeds from which has grown our …
… Maximizing your Efficiency as a Student Using Leasey Tools for the JAWS … JAWS is loaded. Leasey is smart enough to never get in your way when you don't need it, but is always instantly … is News. From there, you can get a nicely formatted list of stories from a variety of news sources including The …
AccessWorld July 2020