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Lillian Dixon

Improving Internet Access for the Aging, Disabled with Open Source - 0 views

www.disabled-world.com/...open-source.php

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  • Lillian Dixon on 20 Nov 11
     
    This site highlights barriers faced by the aging disabled and the new technology to help software developers make it easier for them to use Web 2.0.
Angelia Brockington

REQUIRED DISCUSSION: Increasing Awareness about Web Access Barriers - 55 views

I am glad that you found this. It is a pretty comprehensive list of what is out there. I am glad that there are a set of guidelines out there to be followed. I think we sometimes take for granted t...

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started by carmin karasic on 14 Nov 11 17 follow-ups, last by Angelia Brockington on 08 Dec 11
Dante Torgersen

Web 2.0 Accessibility and Disability - 3 views

ethicalbloggerproject.blogspot.com/...essibility-and-disability.html

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shared by Dante Torgersen on 19 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Dante Torgersen on 19 Nov 11
     
    Short article, but contains some good links to other information as well as good info in the post.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    I liked the link that described specifics on how people with different disabilities use the web. A great point was made about accessibility features making websites usable to all, but possible for the disabled.
  • jlikourinou on 20 Nov 11
     
    Wow, I was not aware how we sill are so ignorant about the need of accessibility in the age of technology for people with disabilities. In this blog it points out the how the programming technique that is used to create dynamic and interactive web applications such as Java, continually change or update text which makes it difficult for screen readers to interpret websites for visually impaired Internet users. Hello?
Robby Crowley

7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities - 3 views

mashable.com/...tech-disabled

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  • anonymous on 19 Nov 11
     
    This article demonstrates technology that is already used, cochlear implants,and new technologies, a driverless car. Very interesting!
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  • Robby Crowley on 19 Nov 11
     
    Wow! There are some pretty amazing things out there!! Im not sure I would want to share the road with a driver-less car. Although, it may be safer than some of the drivers I share the road with now. I once had a student who was hearing impaired. He was a candidate for the ear implant. I often wonder about him and how he is doing today as a hearing person.
  • Paige Silva on 21 Nov 11
     
    I have used the Dynovox and Cochlear impacts in my classroom before and as they are wonderful their prices aren't so wonderful. It's truly shameful that these things would open the doors for so many individuals with disabilities and yet they can't afford them.
  • Monica Strand on 29 Nov 11
     
    I am so amazed and encouraged to learn about the DynaVox system. I had an uncle that had a stroke at the age of forty and he spent fifteen years in a nursing home unable to communicate with the outside world. We think that it got to be so depressing for him that he eventually just gave up on life and stopped eating. Just think if he had been able to participate in spoken communication using only his eyes. He would have loved being able to enter words and phrases through the use of the eye tracking systems with the on-screen keyboard which could translate the text to speech. It is comforting to now know that this technology exists for other loved ones that might be afflicted with a similar situation.
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