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ADA Checklist: Health Care Facilities and Service Providers

… access to written documents; handling of currency; sighted guide technique; and awareness of and sensitivity to the … medical services, environmental services and facilities, gift shop/cafeteria/public areas, discharge planning/home … such as titles of books on library cart or items on gift shop cart [2] __ using basic sighted guide and mobility …

AccessWorld News

… opportunity to spend time with Leader Dogs in training and guide dog mobility instructors. The combination will help … be automatically entered into a drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift Card. In addition to the survey, we may, at a later … evaluator. Interview participants will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Please note that all data that we collect will be …
AccessWorld March 2016

Employment Matters: Tammy Roussell, Founder and CEO of Mitsy Kits

… her deepest concern. For 80 years, she had used her eyes to guide her stitches and the possibility of no longer being … customers who turns it into a blanket or other finished gift, and ships it back to Mitsy Kit for distribution. A new … that is enabling others to develop skills, make handmade gifts to be proud of, and provide employment for people with …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld February 2022

FOCUS on AFB: Fall 2022

… Her Husband Leave a Lasting Legacy An $8 million planned gift from Lou and Noah Alonso provides significant support … date and is expecting $8 million total, thanks to a planned gift from their estate – a generous donation befitting the … the development of the Michigan Special Education Outcomes Guide and Assessments: Visual Impairment, and a member of …

"Action Is Our Watchword"

… books, the only remaining recourse was to seek voluntary gifts for this purpose. The year 1927, as it happened, was … president of United Cigar Stores when he made his initial gift of 100 radios in 1931. In the course of the next ten … had made rate concessions to blind travelers and their guides under a "charity" classification, which was the only …

Focus on AFB: Spring 2021

… we were all going through,” says Melody Goodspeed, a major gifts specialist at AFB and host of the podcast. “I thought … drive advocacy and policies to create a world of no limits. Guide Dogs for the Blind In October 2020, AFB began a … Amir Rahimi joined AFB in August 2019 as a major gifts specialist. He chose the job, in part, because after …

AccessWorld's 2017 Online Shopping Guide

… and it's time for the AccessWorld online shopping guide. This year, Hickory Farms, Macy's, ThinkGeek, and … way to navigate a page. Hickory Farms Hickory Farms sells gift baskets and specialty foods. When the home page loads, … home page has an extensive list of categories including Gifts with Wine, Military Gifts, Personalized Gifts, and …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld November 2017

Chapter 5: Let’s Talk Nondriving and Low Vision Driving for Teens and People in Their Early 20s

… to be free. So if I have packages and my cane or my dog guide that I'm not tying one of my hands up with a … okay because you have two options. You could go buy a gift card for whichever company you want to use and you can prepay that gift card so then you can load it in to the app or they have …

Criticism, Praise, Questions, and Additional Reader Comments

… advertising afforded them in articles such as the Holiday Gift Ideas for People with Vision Loss article. AccessWorld … Electronics Dear AccessWorld Editor, As I observe many guide dog users, two things happen that, in my estimation, … the thinking and all these wonderful things they think guide dogs can do. My two examples are these: First, I can't …
AccessWorld January 2012

Thoughts from the 2011 M-Enabling Summit

… And, within a few years, TV equipment controls and program guides are supposed to be made accessible to people with … phone, voice-controlled dialing might be considered a great gift. But this "joy of something" quickly evaporates when … phone, voice-controlled dialing might be considered a great gift. But this "joy of something" quickly evaporates when …
Paul Schroeder

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