Mar10

Identification Of New Genetic Deafness Syndrome

March 10th, 2011 at 1:42 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Deafness, Research

  Ten years ago, scientists seeking to understand how a certain type of feature on a cell called an L-type calcium channel worked created a knockout mouse missing both copies of the CACNA1D gene. The CACNA1D gene makes a protein that lets calcium flow into a cell, transmitting important instructions from other cells… Identification Of [...]

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Mar10

Signed Opera for the Deaf

March 10th, 2011 at 1:40 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Entertainment, Sign Language

  On a small island off southwest Finland, a new art form has enraptured audiences, bringing opera to those who might seem farthest beyond its reach: the deaf. "This is like a new food you order, you don’t know what it’s going to taste like. You just take it and try it out," said Juho [...]

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Mar10

Accessible Vans Roll Out at Selected Airport Rental Agencies

March 10th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Accessibility, transportation, Travel, wheelchair

  I’m hoping this works out and spreads. While it’s an entry level move, it’s still a move in the right direction. March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Rollx Vans, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of wheelchair accessible vans, has announced the availability of its vehicles at rental agencies located at selected airports around the [...]

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Mar10

AFB and NAPVI Announce Breakthrough Social Network for Parents of Visually … – PR Newswire (press release)

March 10th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Blind, Low Vision, Parenting, Social Networking

    AFB and NAPVI Announce Breakthrough Social Network for Parents of Visually … PR Newswire (press release) "With only 94000 visually impaired school-aged children in the US, over half of whom have additional disabilities, it’s easy for families facing vision loss to feel alone," said Susan LaVenture, Executive Director of NAPVI. "FamilyConnect and its [...]

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Mar10

New ear implant procedure available for hearing impaired patients – Cape Breton Post

March 10th, 2011 at 1:31 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Medical, Research

  Cape Breton Post   New ear implant procedure available for hearing impaired patients Cape Breton Post Dr. Maky Hafidh is shown with Rosanne MacIsaac, his first patient to receive a bone-anchored hearing aid implant. NORTH SYDNEY — The ENT (ear, nose and throat) clinic at the Northside General Hospital now has approval to conduct [...]

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Mar10

Caregiver Talk Launches Online Community to Support Family Caregivers

March 10th, 2011 at 12:24 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: Caregiving, Resource

  Caregiver Talk is a new online resource and community for individuals who are providing care for someone they love. This free website gives caregivers easy access to the answers and support they need to make important health care decisions. By connecting people facing the same challenges, Caregiver Talk creates a community of shared experience [...]

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Mar10

Travelers with Disabilities Continue Complaints about Airlines

March 10th, 2011 at 7:52 am

This News Article is Reposted From: Wheelchair Accessibility Blog and Disability News 2011-03-10.

Posted In: airline complaints, delta air lines, department of transportation, Disability Discrimination, Disability Law, Disability News, disabled travelers, federal guidelines, Health, Healthcare, medical equipment, Wheelchair Accessibility, Wheelchair Accessibility Laws

Even though federal regulations are in place to make sure that travelers with disabilities can take advantage of air travel with the medical equipment they need, many travelers are finding that airlines and other travel companies are refusing service and violating their rights. Complaints against airlines made by disabled passengers went up 22 percent in [...]

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Mar09

Zach Anner Wins His Own Wheelchair Travel Show in Oprah Competition

March 9th, 2011 at 7:33 am

This News Article is Reposted From: Wheelchair Accessibility Blog and Disability News 2011-03-09.

Posted In: Cerebral Palsy, cp, Disability, Disability News, disabled, handicapped, oprah winfrey, own, reality tv, thats awesome, Travel, viral youtube, wheelchair, zach anner

Zach Anner’s competition to be the next reality traveling show on OWN has in fact become reality! “Rollin’ around the World with Zach Anner” will air this summer, and we are looking forward to it.  Zach will be rollin’ around the world meeting new people and going to exciting places, showing people that anything you [...]

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Mar08

Airport Now Easier to Navigate for Travelers with Hearing Loss – Healthy Hearing

March 8th, 2011 at 12:38 pm

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-08.

Posted In: Hearing Loss, Travel

  Airport Now Easier to Navigate for Travelers with Hearing Loss Healthy Hearing Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Introduces Visual Paging Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Customers March 3, 2011: Minneapolis-St. Paul: Travelers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) now have access to visual as well as … Airport Now Easier to Navigate for [...]

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Mar08

Accessible YouTube & HTML5 Video

March 8th, 2011 at 6:47 am

This News Article is Reposted From: AccessTech News 2011-03-08.

Posted In: Accessibility, Captioning, HTML 5, Video, Web Accessibility, Webware

  YouTube is obviously a great site for video, but not for everyone as it contains various accessibility challenges, particularly keyboard access. The use of Flash itself to play the video can be problematic, not be mention requiring support of the Flash plugin. HTML5 is a pending solution (HTML5 video is available on YouTube as [...]

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