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Making the Web More Accessible Using Machine Learning

April 3, 2019 | Source: My Planet

Machine learning now drives a huge number of day-to-day interactions on the web. When we use Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or any of the big social media sites, we’re encountering machine learning (ML) algorithms that help provide a richer and more personalized user experience. Though we don’t consciously think about the ML powering our programs very often, it’s always there. But if thinking about an algorithm-powered tool directing some portion of our everyday experiences is rare, it’s even more rare that we think about how these tools affect users with disabilities…

New symbol on handicapped-accessible parking signs doesn’t help caregivers

April 4, 2019 | Source: The Tennessean

Tennessee seeks to mirror New York and Connecticut in adopting a new symbol for handicapped-accessible parking spots. Rather than the globally recognized symbol of a stick figure sitting straight in the wheelchair, the new image shows a stick figure in a wheelchair leaning in forward motion. While a nice sentiment, it’s hard to imagine this issue weighing heavily on the hearts and bodies of millions living with disabilities — or those caring for them…

Can audiobooks be the great equalizer for students with learning differences?

April 4, 2019 Source eSchool News

Low reading ability is a major contributor to learning inequality in our schools. An estimated 26 million students have learning differences, including tens of thousands of students with dyslexia, a neurological condition that affects reading and related language-based processing skills. Unless educators can find new approaches to deliver reading instruction and personalize learning environments for these frustrated learners, many will fail. Students with learning differences are more likely to struggle academically, socially and emotionally…

ADA lawsuit filed against Longboat Key over website

April 4, 2019 | Source: Your Observer

A lawsuit filed in federal court against Longboat Key by a blind Daytona Beach man claims the town’s website is “deliberately indifferent” to provisions of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and seeks fixes and damages. The lawsuit, filed March 8 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, specifies the town must “update all electronic documents made available to the public to remove barriers in order that individuals with visual disabilities can access the electronic documents to the full extent” of federal law…

Accessible event best practices help build a stronger sense of community

April 4, 2019 | Source: WSU News

There is no shortage of events across the WSU system. From lectures to performances and sports events to conferences, Cougs can expect something will be happening almost every night. That’s where Acacia Kapusta comes in. Kapusta is the outreach and education coordinator for the Division of Student Affairs, Community, Equity and Inclusive Excellence. A large part of her work is currently focused on educating faculty, staff, and students on issues related to allyship and disability as well as advocating for students on campus with a disability…

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DC Restaurants Could Do More to Welcome Diners With Disabilities

April 4, 2019 | Source: Washington City Paper

True or false: If a customer who uses a wheelchair cannot access the tables in the bar area of a restaurant because the only choices are bar stools and high-tops, the restaurant should offer the customer a table in the dining room and the same happy hour prices available at the bar. True. “Restaurants are required to modify their policies and procedures as needed to serve patrons with disabilities as equal to those without disabilities,” according to DC Office of Disability Rights Director Mathew McCollough…

Will artificial intelligence make the college classroom more accessible?

April 4, 2019 | Source: Education Dive

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seeped into almost every corner of higher education, popping up in the classroom, administrative offices, and even in dorm rooms and on campus grounds — all with the promise to streamline tasks and create a more personalized college experience for students. As the technology steers colleges away from a one-size-fits-all approach, it is helping them make progress on one of their most long-running goals: making higher ed more accessible to all types of learners…

Center for Faith and Life reevaluates accessibility

April 4, 2019 | Source: Luther College Chips

According to recent changes in the Americans with Disabilities Act regulations, Luther’s Center for Faith and Life is not up to code. The CFL was built in 1977, 13 years before the ADA was put in place in 1990. The most recent updates to the ADA in 2016 made codes stricter. The current layout of the CFL has two side entrance ramps, a main auditorium that provides some seating for those with limited mobility, and accessibility stalls in the bathrooms. According to the new ADA regulations, the ramps are too steep and the accessibility stalls are not wide enough…

Accessibility for Vestibular Disorders: How My Temporary Disability Changed My Perspective

April 4, 2019 | Source: A List Apart

Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it quite hard to master for most designers and developers. I never considered myself an accessibility expert, but I took great pride in making my projects Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant…ish. They would pass most automated tests, show perfectly in the accessibility tree, and work quite well with keyboard navigation. I would even try (and fail) to use a screen reader every now and then…

Texas School for the Blind loses $1.5M in funding after accounting error

April 4, 2019 | Source: KXAN

Every year, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired serves hundreds of some of the most vulnerable special education students across the state on its 40-acre campus in Austin. But, fewer students may benefit from the instruction there after an “accounting error” and financial oversight at the school last year resulted in a $1.5 million budget mistake. The school has done all it can to make necessary cuts, and it comes as the superintendent of 12 years is set to retire and be replaced…

Why are LA and HUD bickering over how to build affordable housing for the disabled?

April 6, 2019 | Source: Los Angeles Times

For years, housing advocates complained to Los Angeles city officials that disabled renters were effectively being shut out of many affordable housing developments. That’s not just unfair, it’s against the law: Low-income housing projects built with federal dollars are required to include a certain number of accessible apartments that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s the city’s job to supervise developers to make sure they follow the rules. But too often, advocates said, disabled tenants found that there were no apartments that met their needs…

Build a house with universal design for all ages

April 6, 2019 | Source: Sioux City Journal

Leaving your home, where you have lived in for many years, can be very difficult and emotionally painful. You can generally find someone to do the landscaping and cleaning. The reason most elderly people have to leave their homes is accessibility and mobility throughout the house. Typical problem areas include stairs between floors — and even just a step or two from one room to another. Another common problem is reaching cabinets above a kitchen countertop…

New voting security measures could disenfranchise voters with disabilities

April 7, 2019 | Source: The Inquirer

Imagine getting up early on election day having done your homework on the issues, educated yourself on candidates’ positions, and chosen whom to vote for, only to find poll workers who do not know how to turn on, set up, or assist you in using the voting machine. That is exactly the type of story we at Disability Rights Pennsylvania heard, along with a host of others, during the last presidential election in 2016 when we ran a hotline for disabled voters…

World-class swimmer who is legally blind uses Gwinnett Online Campus to keep up with studies

April 7, 2019 | Source: Gwinnett Daily Post

McClain Hermes is not your average Gwinnett County high school student. In addition to being a world-class swimmer, the 18-year-old senior is considered legally blind. The high school in her neighborhood — Mill Creek — isn’t equipped to respond to her unique situation, and her only alternative seemed to a 90-minute bus ride each morning to Parkview, which has a full-time vision teacher working with visually impaired students. “When I was in eighth grade looking at high schools, the county wanted to send me to Parkview High School, which is an hour-and-a-half bus ride from where I live,” said Hermes…

Trial by fire led web design CEO into lucrative niche

April 7, 2019 | Source: Newsday

It was ”trial by fire,” so to speak, that led Juan Vides, CEO of TechACS Corp., a web design and SEO firm in Garden City, into a niche that could potentially represent half his revenues by year-end. Last year a former TechACS client was being sued for $100,000 by a plaintiff alleging the client’s website wasn’t accessible for people with disabilities. He came to Vides to help him upgrade his site. “This was brand-new to me,” said Vides, 42, who had to quickly familiarize himself with web accessibility standards…

Why does death matter more than life in this city?

April 7, 2019 | Source: The Riverdale Press

Why does death warrant action over life, when life is priceless? After a tragedy, material things can be repaired or replaced, whereas a person cannot. The letter to the editor from Eric Dinowitz brings up a number of very important points as to the accessibility aspect of mass transit. “The problem is worse in the Bronx, where 83 percent of stations discriminate against the disabled.” As a person with a lifelong disability, I encounter mobility challenges every day presented by public transportation, especially when it comes to the lack of elevators…

Legal Battle Over Captioning Continues

April 8, 2019 | Source: Inside Higher Ed

Two high-profile civil rights lawsuits filed by the National Association of the Deaf against Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are set to continue after requests to dismiss the cases were recently denied for the second time. The two universities were accused by the NAD in 2015 of failing to make their massive open online courses, guest lectures and other video content accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Some of the videos, many of which were hosted on the universities’ YouTube channels, did have captions — but the NAD complained that these captions were sometimes so bad that the content was still inaccessible…

Multiple UA Departments Respond to Disabled Student Evacuation Incident

April 8, 2019 | Source: The Buchtelite

After an incident where a University of Akron student with disabilities, Hannah Laudo, was left in her dorm during a fire alarm, the Office of Accessibility and other campus departments have been working on raising awareness about the accommodations they provide. Members of the Office of Accessibility, such as Associate Director Jessica DeFago and Director Kelly Kulick, said registering with them is the most important step in order for a student to receive any type of accommodations…

Smart transport hub Matilda can increase public transportation adoption

April 8, 2019 | Source: Freight Waves

A few months back, the beachfront of Adelaide in Australia witnessed the arrival of a smart transit hub named Matilda, which can communicate with driverless vehicles registered within its network. This is an attempt to provide people real-time information on the whereabouts of their ride around town, mainly tailored to cater to the needs of the disabled and the elderly, who might have trouble accessing shared public transport services…

University of Louisville being investigated for possible disability discrimination

April 9, 2019 | Source: Courier Journal

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating the University of Louisville for possible disability-related discrimination. University spokesman John Karman confirmed that the Office for Civil Rights has launched a case, which specifically concerns website and online course accessibility. The education department’s website says the U of L investigation began March 27. Inside Higher Ed reported in November 2018 that hundreds of colleges are being investigated for their failure to ensure individuals with disabilities can access their websites properly…

CUNA addresses ADA

April 9, 2019 | Source: CUNA & PDF

CUNA raised several credit union issues as House Appropriations subcommittees began hearings on federal agency budget requests for fiscal year 2020 this week. It submitted letters for the record Tuesday of hearings involving the Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. CUNA and its members have grown increasingly concerned with frivolous litigation spreading due to a lack of clarity with how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites…

More affordable homes for people with disabilities needed in Austin, organization says

April 9, 2019 | Source: KVUE

Accessible Housing Austin has nine homes, primarily in South Austin, that cater to people with disabilities. But with how expensive Austin has become, a spokesperson said they need more. With Austin becoming more and more expensive, affordable housing is harder to come by – especially for people with disabilities. That’s why Accessible Housing Austin! (AHA!) is looking for more homes to help people in need. AHA! has nine homes, primarily in South Austin, that cater to those with disabilities. But with how expensive Austin has become, a spokesperson said they need more…

UT, Microsoft researchers seek to make computers more accessible to people who are blind

April 9, 2019 | Source: The Daily Texan

Hoping to help people who are blind, professors from UT are collaborating with Microsoft to create a dataset that can be used by the public to expand automated image captioning. The goal of the Microsoft Ability Initiative is to use artificial intelligence to make life more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision by having machines verbally describe pictures for them, principal investigator Danna Gurari said. “It’s very important that I do something that feels like it has social impact,” Gurari said…

IATA answers questions about accessibility as passengers urge action

April 10, 2019 | Source: Runway Girl Network

Greater attention to the difficulties that disabled passengers face when they fly raises questions about whether the airline industry is listening. Runway Girl Network reached out to the largest airline trade body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), to ask about their policies and training on airline accessibility. IATA helps to establish standards for airline service, and offers training in best practices. It recently sent an email promoting a training book entitled ‘Make Travel Inclusive’, so RGN asked what accessibility practices the book covers and whether it will be part of a larger IATA campaign to advance accessibility initiatives…

This Is What Online Dating Is Like When You’re Blind

April 10, 2019 | Source: Huffington Post

If you’re single these days, you know that connecting with someone on a dating app is truly like finding love in a hopeless place. Now imagine how much more complicated it would be if you were blind. After all, dating apps are inherently visual platforms, so there are considerable logistical complications for low-vision users. To start with, most apps don’t offer alt text descriptions, so you’d have to rely on what you can make out of a person’s pictures before you swipe. What’s alt text? Basically, a description of images that’s read aloud to blind users on a screen reader…

SUU brings high-tech ADA accessibility to campus buildings

April 11, 2019 | Source: St George News

Many of the building entrances across Southern Utah University’s campus are now Bluetooth enabled so they can open hands-free, making the campus more accessible for everyone. According to a press release from the university, the project became a reality thanks to a partnership between the university and Portal Entryways, a company established to “create a world where people of any physical ability can get anywhere, enjoying an environment that is safe, convenient, accessible, inclusive and collaborative.”…

Improving federal solicitations’ ‘scary low’ Section 508 accessibility compliance

April 11, 2019 | Source: FedScoop

The General Services Administration plans to begin final testing of its artificial intelligence-enabled Solicitation Review Tool in July before launching in September, said Marina Fox, DotGov domain services manager. Every federal agency has its own process for writing solicitations, and oftentimes Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act is an afterthought, Fox said at the Government Analytics Breakfast Forum on Thursday. Section 508 requires electronic and information technology procured by the federal government be accessible to the approximately 60 million people with disabilities in the U.S…

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International News

UK charity certifies unique home energy display for 2 million blind consumers

April 5, 2019 | Source: Smart Energy- UK

Geo has its home energy display unit achieve RNIB’s Tried and Tested certification. This means RNIB has seen the huge benefits that the display will provide to consumers with sight loss, loss of dexterity and colour blindness, whilst still providing a full range of functions. geo, RNIB and a number of energy suppliers conducted research to further develop the home energy display unit to ensure smart metering services are delivered to blind UK consumers…

More accessibility for Fijians with disabilities to higher education

April 5, 2019 | Source: FBC News- Fiji

Accessibility for more Fijians with disabilities to high educational institutions is now possible. In particular, the University of the South Pacific is ensuring that their courses are better aligned for students with disabilities who are able to work with sign language interpreters and counsellors. Education Minister, Rosy Akbar says USP is walking the talk when it comes to being inclusive…

Accessible voting drive in Mumbai City gets a helping hand from NGO VCAN

April 5, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

Accessibility observers to lend a helping hand to disabled voters in 2019 general elections

April 6, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

In a major push to the Accessible Election exercise, the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra has announced a series of measures to enable disabled and elderly voters to exercise their franchise in a hassle-free manner. One of the measures taken by CEO Maharashtra is to provide special transport to disabled people. In Mumbai, this measure is being done by NGO V Citizens Action Network (VCAN), the CSO partner of CEO Maharashtra. VCAN has taken the services of Ezy Mov Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India’s first wheelchair accessible taxi…

Accessibility is pivotal for the differently-abled in Thiruvananthapuram this election

April 5, 2019 | Source: The New Indian Express- India

Elections have never been accessible to the differently-abled. On voting day, they face hurdles including difficulties reaching polling booths, the unavailability of transportation facilities and the facilities not being disabled-friendly. Albeit, this time the ECI has taken measures to make the elections inclusive and accessible for the differently-abled. Transportation is a major challenge. Taking this into consideration, the ECI has decided to provide a pick-up and drop facility for the differently-abled…

Napier woman campaigning for legislation to make NZ more accessible for all

April 6, 2019 | Source: New Zealand Herald

In her own home, Liz Church says she is not disabled. The Napier woman says while she will always have an impairment (in her case a degenerative medical condition which makes her muscles weak), for her, disability is the barriers which society puts up that prevents everyone being able to participate fully. Church has to use a variety of mobility aids, including a walker, and on occasion a wheelchair. “I have an impairment all the time, but I am not always disabled. At home, I’m actually not really disabled because I have the supports that I need.”…

Spurs’ new £1bn ground opens to reveal itself as one of Europe’s most accessible stadiums

April 5, 2019 | Source: Access and Mobility Professional

Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium officially opened this week in a blur of pyrotechnics and ceremony when the Premier League side beat Crystal Palace, but behind the scenes disabled fans celebrated another victory. The £1bn structure revealed a range of state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, setting a benchmark in global stadium design. It is the latest stadium to be built fully compliant with Accessible Stadia guidelines and is one of the most accessible grounds in Europe…

Mumbai teen Mehaan Doshi turns crusader, starts online petition against GST on assistive equipment

April 6, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

When Mehaan Doshi, a student of Mumbai’s Hill Spring International School was told to think of a topic for a school project on the theme Sharing the Planet, the 11-year-old came up with disability, striking a different note from others who opted for topics like deforestation or migration. Why disability? Well, Mehaan was moved and inspired by a talk given by disability rights advocate Nipun Malhotra in Mumbai a few weeks earlier…

Government of Canada announces major funding for projects that promote the social inclusion of persons with disabilities

April 6, 2019 | Source: Benzinga- Canada

Strengthening the disability sector’s capacity to improve the lives of Canadians with disabilities through integration and participation in society. Accessibility in Canada is about creating communities, workplaces and services that enable everyone to participate fully in a society without barriers. Today, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, announced financial support for 28 organizations across Canada through the Social Development Partnerships Program–Disability Component (SDPP-D) for a total amount of $18 million over three years…

Ensuring accessibility

April 7, 2019 | Source: The Daily Star- Bangladesh

Country’s overall development will not be ensured if persons with disabilities are left behind, no matter what development project the government initiates, rights activists said at a discussion yesterday. In almost every stage of society, a differently-abled person is deprived of rights. And if that person is a woman, she has to suffer more due to the existing social attitude towards her, they added. Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF), an organisation of differently-abled women, organised the discussion on “Access to justice of women with disabilities” at The Daily Star Centre…

Prominent politician backs plans to make Keswick more accessible for disabled people

April 8, 2019 | Source: Times & Star- UK

A prominent Cumbrian politician has thrown his weight behind plans to make Keswick more accessible for disabled people. Tony Lywood, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Copeland, said he became involved in the Accessible Keswick initiative because of his role as a county councillor representing the ward. An event due to be held in the town will see eight wheelchair and mobility scooter users test how accessible the town is. Through his work seeking cash for adding dropped kerbs and better pavements Mr. Lywood met local wheelchair user Keith Watson…

Gatwick welcomes 30 families for their accessibility day

April 8, 2019 | Source: Crawley News 24- England

London Gatwick welcomed 30 families to see the sights and hear the sounds of a busy airport in a safe, positive and fun environment on Saturday 6th April. The aim of Gatwick’s Accessibility Day is to help familiarise families who may find the airport experience overwhelming and need extra support with their airport journey – before they actually travel. The families were able to board an aeroplane, experience security procedures and even have a refreshment in the V-Room – Virgin Atlantic’s exclusive lounge-as part of their tour of Gatwick…

5 Ways London’s Transport Is Being Made More Accessible

April 8, 2019 | Source: Londonist- England

London’s top specialist transport solutions showcased in renewed accessibility drive

April 9, 2019 | Source: Access and Mobility Professional- England

Turn-up-and-go travel is a blessing that many Londoners have access to. But not all. Most people don’t have to think too hard when planning their next journey. Just turn up and travel between any two stations on the tube, regardless of whether they have step-free access. Hop on a bus after that tube journey, before finishing with a 10-minute stroll to their final destination. For those with accessibility needs, that scenario is usually impossible. Journeys that the majority of Londoners think of as simple can turn into a struggle for people with mobility issues…

Thiruvananthapuram gears up for an inclusive general election

April 9, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, all state governments are working in close partnership with the electoral officers in their states to ensure that disabled people vote with minimum hassles. Disability rights groups in Thiruvananthapuram, the Kerala capital, are using this heightened focus to demand greater focus on their needs. They say they will only vote for the party that fulfils the promises made to the community. Like in other states, here too there are pick up and drop off services on voting day…

Seminar on inclusion and accessibility for the deaf community draws participants from many cities

April 10, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

Mumbai was recently host to the first seminar on inclusion and Accessibility for the people who are deaf and hard of hearing. It was attended by deaf leaders and representatives of the community from across India and was organized by Deaf Association Mumbai (DAM). Present where participants and guests from various cities like Bhopal, Hyderabad, Pune and Nashik to share thoughts, information, ideas and news related to the deaf community in India…

Devnar School for Blind has been enabling accessible elections since 2004

April 10, 2019 | Source: NewzHook- India

The Devnar School for Blind is a pioneering institution that is working to empower visually impaired people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They have also been entrusted with the important job of preparing dummy Braille ballot papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The 26-page Braille dummy ballot paper will have the names of the 185 candidates who are contesting for the Nizamabad seat and more. The school has been printing Braille ballot papers since 2004, playing a vital role in helping visually impaired voters to participate in the Assembly and Parliamentary elections…

Rick Hansen Talks the Economic Benefits of Improving Accessibility in the Auto Industry

April 10, 2019 | Source: Canada NewsWire

Rick Hansen and key automotive industry leaders had a substantial meeting on improving accessibility in the industry at the second annual Automotive Conference and Expo (ACE). “There is a compelling business case for the Canadian auto industry to ensure that their businesses are both accessible and inclusive to their employees and customers,” said Rick Hansen, Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation. “It’s inspiring to see that the Ontario Auto Dealers are taking leadership, and seeking ways to innovate and help Canadians continue to stay in motion.” …

More service stations to become fully accessible as government fund opens

April 11, 2019 | Source: GOV.UK

More service stations in England are to become fully accessible for disabled passengers with the launch of a £2 million government fund. The Department for Transport is partnering with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) to award the money for Changing Places toilets, which are expected to be ready by the early 2020s. More than a quarter of a million people across the UK cannot use standard accessible toilets, meaning that they are forced to go for long journeys without a bathroom break, be changed by their carers on toilet floors, or have to stay at home…

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