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Access Board to Hold Public Hearing on Draft ICT Rule

The U.S. Access Board will hold a public hearing January 11 from 9:00 – 12:00 on a revised draft of updated accessibility requirements for information and communication technology (ICT).  The event will allow members of the public to comment on … Continue reading

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Board Releases New Draft of ICT Rule for Public Comment

The U.S. Access Board has released for public comment a second Advance Notice  of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that includes a revised draft of updated accessibility requirements for information and communication technology (ICT) covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act … Continue reading

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Assistive Touch on new iPhone

I saw this new feature demoed at the ACTEM MainEducation Conference last month when Apple accessibility expert Sarah Herrlinger gave a presentation on the accessibility features of iOS and Mac OSX. It was particularly exciting since the new official iOS … Continue reading

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Apps for Autism

From CBS News-60 Minutes: (CBS News) Ten-year-old Nuno Timoteo, an autistic child who does not speak, was thought to have the intelligence and attention span of a two-year-old until teachers put an iPad in his hands and learned he loved … Continue reading

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Plaintiffs Demand Captioning for Online Media

From the Automatic Synch Technologies (AST) – Newsletter – August 2011: For more information about this story and to read it in its entirety, please visit the AST website. Two prominent disability rights groups have filed suit against prominent media … Continue reading

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