Two scholarship resources for students with disabilities
This is just a brief post to share scholarship information I recently learned about.First,Disaboom has a irectory with over 125 scholarships for students with disabilities. Check it out and see if...
View ArticleCarlo Lingiardi offers insight to adjustment process following onset disability
as a result of writing this blog,I’ve met several people, and today, I want to share one of these people with you, as he’s also begun his own blog. I feel his writings reflect a good and honest...
View ArticleA web site especially for college-bound teens with disabilities
One of the issues I try to stress most to high school students I work with is how different college will be for them, as opposed to their K-12 experience. So, you can imagine the smile I got when I...
View ArticleThe future is near: NLS pilot digital talking book program to become Braille...
Here’s an update on the digital talking book program from theNational Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.I’ve posted here before, talking about the great benefits of the program...
View ArticleSecurity fix in Windows 7 may negatively impact computer accessibility for...
I’ve known about the following matter for almost two weeks, but have taken a wait and see attitude about writing it up here, to see if anything came out about it on the assistive technology front. I...
View ArticleThe latest happenings on the Disability 411 podcast
I want to catch you up on the latest happenings at one of my favorite podcasts,Disability 411,Hosted by Beth Case.On the home page, the first posting you will see is a Adobe Flash file of the new D411...
View ArticleApple gives iPhone accessibility for the blind and does it the right way
In case you missed the groundbreaking news this week, the Apple Corporation has pounded the table and slammed its fist down, announcing heretofore unimagined accessibility for blind people to the...
View ArticleThoughts on more access spinning off of iPhone 3.0's accessibility
I’ve still not even checked out the iPhone, with its new, whizbang 3.0 OS offering out-of-the-box accessibility, but I’m here to tell you that there is a lot more than buzz going on about this in the...
View ArticleAccess Ability is now on Twitter
Okay, call me slow, or whatever, but I’ve finally caught up to the latest hot thing on the web. Well, sort of.I’m talking about getting on the tweet train. That’s right, Access Ability is now on...
View ArticleAccessible Event makes meetings and seminars open to all participants, no...
I’ve been waiting on the following unveiling for a while and am impressed by the results, not to mention, the potential this offers for the future.The folks at SerotekHave rolled out their latest...
View ArticleGW Micro comes out swinging-- announces BookSense pricing, enters NLS digital...
I’ve been using and loving my Victor Reader Stream since late February of last year. I’ve been hooked on it since day one. The reason I believe this quickly became Humanware’s best-selling product of...
View ArticleOne-armed golfer has powerful drive, even better delivery
What if you were an up and coming golfer, good enough to hang with some peer named Tiger, and then something happened that changes how you look at life, much less your swing and game?Perhaps, the...
View ArticleCars for the blind? The proof of concept is already here
I've previously thought about a world where cars were all fully computer-driven and fully interactive. Wouldn't it be easy if cars were automated, completely taking the human factor out of driving....
View ArticleNew resources for accessible college textbooks
Its been crazy with summer vacation and all that fun stuff, but school’s back in now and that means back to some more regular blogging here.As a former blind college student, I know the value of, and...
View ArticleDePaul program innovates hope for students with chronic illnesses
The School for New Learning might share the same initials with Saturday Night Live, but there's nothing funny about what they're doing at DePaul University.This interesting and innovativeprogramis...
View ArticleNew iBill electronic banknote identifier hits the mark on many fronts
One of the first questions I had after realizing that I was blind was, "How will I be able to tell my dollar bills apart?" I soon learned about electronic bill identifiers, but they seemed large and...
View ArticleWhy I've not been blogging as much: hint-- "tweet, tweet"
I've not blogged as much lately as I'd like to and have noticed a downward trend in the number of posts among blogs I follow. I also follow many of the same bloggers on Twitter, where I notice many of...
View ArticleMom Not Otherwise Specified, a blog worth your time
I've been meaning to write this for a couple of weeks, but a painful oral surgery whose effects lasted through the Thanksgiving weekend had me slowed down. Sorry about the delay in getting this here.A...
View ArticleAmazon working on Kindle accessible for blind and visually impaired
Well, its finally happening.Amazon is working to make anaccessible Kindle book reader for blind users. Its not happening overnight, but is projected to be out by summer 2010.This is indeed good news....
View ArticleReview of the iBill talking banknote identifier
I previously posted the news announcing the introduction of the iBill electronic banknote identifier, and now, I offer my review of this latest piece of assistive technology for the blind and visually...
View ArticleFinal thoughts on the iBill by Orbit Research
I must have been a really nice boy this year, because Santa was really good to me. I got a portable USB hard drive and the latest Jimmy Buffett CD, and I wanted both of these, but he also made sure I...
View ArticleInclusion: 2010 Consumer Electronics Show featuring off the shelf accessibility
I’m a little geeky and get excited each year when the annual Consumer Electronics Show , or CES, starts. However, I’m more excited by two announcements from this year’s CES, currently going on in Las...
View ArticleReview of Tom Sullivan's Adventures in Darkeness
I’m at aloss for finding the right superlative to describe last night.It seems like “great,” “awesome,” or even “fantastic” just seem like overused modifiers in today’s digital world where everybody’s...
View Article2010 TAER conference: Presenting and being presented to
Last week, I was in San Antonio to attend the annual conference of theTexas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired,Or TAER. I was there to present with the VI...
View ArticleGet your news how you want it from NFB Newsline
Fifteen years ago, I was still pretty newly blinded, and going to college, but this was before I was using a computer, much less understanding all the wonders of this fabulously interconnected world...
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