March 20, 2023

Associated Press: Here’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities

Associated Press: Here’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities. “The Hackneys, who have developmental disabilities, are struggling to understand how taking their daughter to the hospital when she refused to eat could be seen as so neglectful that she’d need to be taken from her home. They wonder if an artificial intelligence tool that the Allegheny County Department of Human Services uses to predict which children could be at risk of harm singled them out because of their disabilities.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
December 10, 2022

Newswise: Making science more accessible to people with disabilities

Newswise: Making science more accessible to people with disabilities. “The pandemic prompted workplace changes that proved beneficial to people with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM), but there’s fear that these accommodations will be rolled back. With International Day of Persons with Disabilities taking place on Dec. 3, a research team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York is calling for ways to make work in STEMM more accessible.”

Research & Opinion 0
October 26, 2022

Children’s Specialized Hospital: Children’s Specialized Hospital Launches New Website and Resource Hub to Advance Safety Education for People With Disabilities

Children’s Specialized Hospital: Children’s Specialized Hospital Launches New Website and Resource Hub to Advance Safety Education for People With Disabilities. “Resources and tools available through the Living Safely Online Center for Safety were developed following a disability safety survey and a nationwide brainstorming summit, both of which engaged key audiences to identify challenges and opportunities for growth within safety education. As a result of those findings, the new website includes educational material on topics such as law enforcement interactions, fire safety, wandering and elopement, and interpersonal violence. These safety resources are available in multiple formats and outlets to address different learning styles, sensory issues, cognitive abilities, and accessibility needs.”

New Resources 0
July 12, 2022

NewsWise: Operating a ‘smart home’ by breath control

NewsWise: Operating a ‘smart home’ by breath control. “Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a simple prototype device that enables users to control ‘smart home’ technology by changing their breathing patterns. The self-powered unit fits into the nostrils and has the potential to enhance the quality of life for people with limited mobility or inability to speak clearly. It also can be programmed provide automatic alerts to medical personnel if an individual has trouble breathing.”

Other Things I Think Are Cool 0
June 27, 2022

IF Australia: CGA and Showcast launch database for Deaf and disabled performers

IF Australia: CGA and Showcast launch database for Deaf and disabled performers. “The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) has partnered with casting resource Showcast to create a dedicated platform to showcase Deaf and disabled performers. Hosted on Showcast’s website, the database will be made available to casting directors, agents and producers, and include self-taped video footage of individual performers, as well as a headshots and CVs.”

New Resources 0
June 14, 2022

International Labour Organization: New ILO database highlights labour market challenges of persons with disabilities

International Labour Organization: New ILO database highlights labour market challenges of persons with disabilities . “There are an estimated 1 billion persons with disabilities around the world, or 15 per cent of the global population. Most of them are of working age. New labour market indicators are now available on ILOSTAT that reveal the many challenges faced by persons with disabilities compared with persons without when it comes to the world of work.”

New Resources 0
June 2, 2022

VoxLens: Adding one line of code can make some interactive visualizations accessible to screen-reader users (University of Washington)

University of Washington: VoxLens: Adding one line of code can make some interactive visualizations accessible to screen-reader users. “University of Washington researchers worked with screen-reader users to design VoxLens, a JavaScript plugin that — with one additional line of code — allows people to interact with visualizations. VoxLens users can gain a high-level summary of the information described in a graph, listen to a graph translated into sound or use voice-activated commands to ask specific questions about the data, such as the mean or the minimum value.”

Research & Opinion 0
May 29, 2022

KSDK: St. Louis woman born without arms creates site to help people with disabilities find jobs

KSDK: St. Louis woman born without arms creates site to help people with disabilities find jobs. “Looking for a job is tough for anyone, but there are additional unique challenges that exist for job seekers who have disabilities. One woman who was born without arms is helping job candidates with disabilities connect with employers using a cutting-edge platform she created. Letisha Wexstten is the founder and CEO of V15Able (pronounced ‘visible’).”

New Resources 0
May 11, 2022

TronicBoards: Making STEM accessible for people with intellectual disabilities (Monash University)

Monash University: TronicBoards: Making STEM accessible for people with intellectual disabilities. “TronicBoards, created by researchers from the Faculty of Information Technology (IT), are a range of customised colour-coded printed circuit boards with large controls and recognisable symbols adapted to facilitate easy circuit making for diverse intellectual abilities.”

Research & Opinion 0
March 28, 2022

JD Supra: DOJ Issues Website Accessibility Guidance – Key Questions Remain Unanswered

JD Supra: DOJ Issues Website Accessibility Guidance – Key Questions Remain Unanswered. “Almost twelve years after it first proposed to issue website accessibility regulations, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 18, 2022, published ‘Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA.’ The new nonregulatory guidance offers little assistance to the business community on the two undecided questions that have fueled the ever-rising volume of litigation: whether and under what circumstances commercial websites need to be made accessible and what it means to be accessible.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
February 18, 2022

Spectrum News 1: Website helps people with disabilities find rentals

New-to-me, from Spectrum News 1: Website helps people with disabilities find rentals. “Lorraine Woodward was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of 2. For the last 21 years, she’s lived in a house she helped create to be wheelchair-friendly. She says homes like hers are few and far between, especially among vacation rentals….She’s using designs from her home to model other vacation properties in Raleigh, Tennessee and Arkansas. She also created the website Becoming RentABLE for people with disabilities to find rentals that fit their needs.”

New Resources 0
February 5, 2022

US Department of Health and Human Services: HHS Issues New Guidance for Health Care Providers on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities

US Department of Health and Human Services: HHS Issues New Guidance for Health Care Providers on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities. “Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued guidance to health care providers on civil rights protections for people with disabilities. The guidance, issued by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, makes clear that in light of the continuing public health emergency, when resources can be scarce, it is vital that individuals with disabilities are not prevented from receiving needed health care benefits and services as this violates federal civil rights laws.”

COVID-19 0
January 14, 2022

State of Connecticut: Governor Lamont Announces Agreement With Disability Rights Groups on Distribution of COVID-19 Rapid Tests and N95 Masks

State of Connecticut: Governor Lamont Announces Agreement With Disability Rights Groups on Distribution of COVID-19 Rapid Tests and N95 Masks. “Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration, working in cooperation with the Office of Attorney General William Tong, has reached an agreement with Disability Rights Connecticut and Connecticut Legal Rights Project regarding the state’s ongoing distribution of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and N95 masks.”

COVID-19 0
January 7, 2022

Michigan Daily: New-York disability advocacy group files restraining order against AAPS

Michigan Daily: New-York disability advocacy group files restraining order against AAPS. “After Ann Arbor Public Schools resumed classes virtually on Wednesday, a disability-rights advocacy group asked U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy to stop Michigan school districts from cancelling in-person classes going forward. The Brain Injury Rights Group (BRIG) is a New York-based legal rights advocacy group that offers pro-bono services to individuals with disabilities.”

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