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Potter Co. facing lawsuit over lack of ADA compliance

April 5, 2018 | Source: Bradford Era

The County of Potter has been named in a federal lawsuit charging that some county-affiliated facilities are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Leslie Paul Howarth, a resident of Potter County, filed the suit against the county specifically due to accessibility issues at the Magisterial District Judge’s office in Coudersport. Named in the suit are the County of Potter and Commissioner Doug Morley, who serves as the commissioners’ board chairman. Howarth has filed additional legal challenges aimed at other structures and businesses within the county…

Morgan Stanley Sued for $9 Million by Blind Man Claiming Inaccessible Websites

April 6, 2018 | Source: AdvisorHub & Financial Advisor IQ

A legally blind man in New York has sued Morgan Stanley for negligence, alleging that its online wealth management services are largely inaccessible in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the state’s Human Rights Law. The complaint, which seeks $9 million in damages, was filed in U.S. Eastern District Court in Brooklyn on Thursday by Albert Rizzi, founder of a 501c(3) nonprofit organization called My Blind Spot. The organization seeks to “promote awareness among leaders in business, education and government about the critical importance of making their digital content accessible and usable to the disability community.”…

As Accessibility Falls Short, Students Take Charge

April 6, 2018 | Source: Georgetown University The Hoya

Anna Landre (SFS ’21) knew Georgetown University was her dream college — cobblestone paths, steep hills and all. Landre, who uses a motorized wheelchair, understood inaccessibility would be an issue at Georgetown. Still, the Hilltop felt like the right place. “I came to Georgetown because it’s arguably the best foreign service school in the U.S. — in the world — and I want to pursue foreign service,” Landre said in an interview with The Hoya. “It just seems like the best place to be.”…

Building better maps for the disability community

April 6, 2018 | Source: CNET

Occupational therapist turned disability rights activist Alanna Raffel has spent her career thinking about accessibility. So for her 30th birthday last year, she turned her passion into action. Raffel had worked with disabled clients for years in Philadelphia. It wasn’t till late 2016, however, when she became more involved in advocacy, that she learned how difficult it was to find meeting spaces that could accommodate people of varying abilities. It’s particularly challenging in an old city like Philadelphia, where many of the buildings were built more than 200 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed…

Web Accessibility: The effort at Capital One Bank

April 6, 2018 | Source: SDTimes.com

Web and mobile development focuses on technological inclusiveness, such as across operating systems, browsers and devices. Yet, as organizations become even more digital over time, human accessibility still isn’t getting the attention it should because there’s a general lack of awareness about the issue and how best to address it. Capital One began its journey creating its digital accessibility team in 2010 with the goal of establishing accessibility as a fundamental part of its digital delivery and providing all customers with equal access to its website and apps….

Proposed rollback of Americans with Disabilities Act is permanently stalled

April 6, 2018 | Source: The Architect’s Newspaper

After the House voted earlier this year to pass H.R. 620, or the ADA Education and Reform Act, the proposal seems to have permanently stalled after 43 Democratic Senators have pledged to filibuster the measure. As first reported by Rewire.News, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has successfully wrangled the votes required to keep the Senate from bringing up H.R. 620 for a vote. As AN first reported back in February, the passage of H.R. 620 would have required written notices to be given to places of business found in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…

This wearable device can respond to your thoughts

April 6, 2018 | Source: The Verge & ScienceDaily

MIT researchers have created a wearable device called AlterEgo that can recognize nonverbal prompts, essentially “reading your mind.” The system is made up of a device that loops around a user’s ear, follows their jawline, and attaches underneath their mouth, and a computer system. The wearable device has electrodes that pick up neuromuscular signals in your jaw and face that are triggered by internal verbalizations (aka saying words in your head) but can’t be seen by the human eye. These signals are then given to a machine learning system that analyzes the data, associating specific signals with words…

We looked into accessibility on campus. Here’s what we found

April 6, 2018 | Source: The Rambler

Housing Selection for the 2018-2019 academic year wrapped up last Thursday. In advance of Housing Selection, Transylvania University disclosed to students that several of the buildings available for upperclassmen were not accessible under the standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Four campus housing options offered for the 2018-19 year, and at least one academic building are largely wheelchair inaccessible. Private colleges and universities, like other public accommodations, fall under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and are subject to the ADA Standards for Accessible Design…

State Grant Expected to Fund ADA Upgrades at University of Saint Joseph

April 7, 2018 | Source: we-ha.com

State Sen. Beth Bye (D-West Hartford) announced Friday that the State Bond Commission is expected to approve a $400,000 state grant to the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford to assist the college in making needed handicapped accessibility improvements on campus. “The University of Saint Joseph is nearly 100 years old, and not only is it used daily by 2,500 students, it’s also home to the Gengras Center School and the School for Young Children, and it is used by hundreds of members of the general public on a regular basis…

Vision-impaired runners get boost from app in time for Boston Marathon

April 8, 2018 | Source: Boston Herald

Erich Manser of Littleton sees the world as though he’s looking through the tiny hole of a drinking straw — a progressive genetic condition that has left him nearly blind. But this year, he’ll complete the Boston Marathon with the help of a remote set of human eyes, thanks to a smartphone app that will be free in Boston April 9-17. “The Boston Marathon is unique in that it’s such a large field, and there’s a crowd of supporters and spectators. It’s a uniquely challenging race,” said Manser, 45, who holds the blind Ironman record. “In terms of a marathon setting, something like this is transformative.”…

From a wheelchair, Lowell man’s a force for accessibility

April 9, 2018 | Source: Lowell Sun

In April 2013, Dino Theodore was admitted to the Saints campus of Lowell General Hospital with a fractured hip and femur. It wasn’t the typical patient experience. As Theodore, of Lowell, who is paralyzed from the waist down and restricted to a wheelchair, began to recover, he found “despicable” problems with the facility, including bathroom doors and walkways too narrow to accommodate a wheelchair. “I could not take a shower, I could not go in to use the facilities,” he said. Theodore, who describes himself as an aggressive advocate for access, wasn’t the typical patient from the hospital’s perspective, either…

Alumnus supports accessibility for visually impaired students

April 8, 2018 | Source: Daily Bruin

Süleyman Ari memorized the voices of each of his students in his discussion sections because that was the only way he could distinguish them. Ari, who graduated from UCLA with a master’s degree in political science in 2004, was the only blind teaching assistant on campus from 2000 to 2005. Ari said it was at UCLA where he first learned skills necessary to live independently, such as using a computer and walking with a white cane. He is now a professor of accessible education at Anadolu University in Turkey, where he started a program called Blind Leaders…

Fresno program to provide ADA inspection services for businesses

April 9, 2018 | Source: The Business Journal

The City of Fresno has launched a program to encourage businesses to become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Accessible Fresno Small Business Initiative will provide eligible small businesses with free Certified Access Specialist inspection services to identify construction-related accessibility issues and provide information to create a schedule for becoming complaint. The Central Valley has the third most construction-related physical access complaints in the state, according to a city news release…

In making Yale more digitally accessible, everyone benefits

April 10, 2018 | Source: Yale News

As a molecular biophysics and biochemistry major, Yale sophomore Brennan Carman has encountered websites and online course materials that relay scientific information via graphs, diagrams, and pictures. For Carman, who is visually impaired and uses screen-reading or magnifying software, accessing that information can take double the time to get through — and often longer. It thus comes as a relief to Carman and hundreds of other Yale students and staff members that the university has made a commitment to continue its work to make university websites and web applications accessible to people with disabilities…

Does DOT’s Rule Allowing Drivers to Park in Front of Curb Ramps Violate Accessibility Laws?

April 10, 2018 | Source: Streetsblog NYC

DOT rule allowing drivers to block curb ramps at unmarked crosswalks may conflict with laws that mandate access for people with disabilities, according to a local disability rights expert. About 10 years ago, then-City Council member Vincent Gentile got the idea that unmarked crosswalks should be appropriated “to open up more parking spaces.” He introduced legislation to make it happen, but before the bill could come to a vote DOT went ahead with a rule change in 2009 that made it legal for drivers to park at T intersections…

The value of inclusion: KultureCity founder speaks to need for sensory accessibility

April 10, 2018 | Source: Vestavia Voice

Many in the Vestavia Hills community have heard the story about Dr. Julian Maha’s oldest son Abram, whose Autism diagnosis led to the founding of KultureCity, an internationally-recognized nonprofit and advocacy group. Others might have heard of “sensory-friendly” events or programs at restaurants or other locations, where an establishment offers an hour or two of programming that makes accommodations for the needs of those on the Autism spectrum. But Maha said that for his talk at the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce April luncheon, he wanted to go beyond just his organization’s founding and sensory-friendly programs…

Waa-Mu to feature performance with open captioning in effort to increase accessibility

April 10, 2018 | Source: Daily Northwestern

As part of an effort to expand accessibility to audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing, one performance of the 87th annual Waa-Mu Show, “Manhattan Miracle,” will for the first time feature open captioning and display all the words and sounds of the show on a screen above the stage. The decision to add captions was made by Communication seniors Andrew Restieri and Sarah Ohlson, two of the four co-chairs for Waa-Mu — the largest student-written and produced musical in the country. Restieri and Ohlson said it can be very beneficial to those who are deaf or hard of hearing…

For Philadelphians with disabilities, independence through technology is key

April 11, 2018 | Source: Generocity

When Yvonne Hughes attended an independent living program for people who are visually impaired in Baltimore, she only spent six weeks of the scheduled eight months learning with her peers. After mastering navigating the city with a cane, Hughes led her own sessions on life skills, like cooking and cleaning, before traveling back to Philadelphia completely alone. Hughes, 63, was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which is a hereditary, progressive eye disease that causes visual impairment and light sensitivity, at 26 years old. The diagnosis changed her life, she said, but never hindered her abilities…

Subway Station Closes for Renovations, as Politicians and Activists Call it a Blown Opportunity

April 11, 2018 | Source: West Side Rag

“Accessibility” was the rallying cry of politicians, activists, and concerned citizens at a protest Monday morning, at the subway station at 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, which will be closed until the fall for renovations, as part of the “Enhanced Station Initiative” of the MTA’s $27-billion, five-year capital plan. Outrage was the predominant emotion. “This kind of renovation is done once a generation — if we’re lucky — and we are blowing the opportunity to do it right,” said City Council Member Mark Levine…

Lyft bringing 100 wheelchair-accessible vehicles to city by yearend

April 11, 2018 | Source: Metro US

Traversing the city via mass transit is often a daunting task for the nearly 1 million New Yorkers who rely on wheelchairs and other mobility devices because of a disability. But by yearend, Lyft may be a new alternative as the company will bring a fleet of wheelchair-accessible vehicles to New York City. “Lyft is committed to providing rides to those who need them most,” Vipul Patel, general manager of Lyft New York City, told Metro. “Today we’re proudly committing to add 100 wheelchair accessible vehicles to the Lyft platform in New York City by the end of the year.”…

Like A Rainbow in the Dark: Hacks to Make Your Games Color Blind Accessible

April 11, 2018 | Source: Geek and Sundry

Here at Geek & Sundry, we’re all about accessible gaming, from showcasing diversity in games to bringing a spotlight to publishers and organizations who make games accessible for all gamers. We previously discussed how publishers have begun listening to colorblind players and are making changes to increase their games’ accessibility. From colorblind-friendly colors and hues to unique icons complementing each color, games have become easier to play for those with vision issues. But what do colorblind players like myself do when there are so many games already out there that aren’t colorblind friendly?…

What It’s Like To Be A Blind Software Engineer At Amazon

April 11, 2018 | Source: Fast Company

Everyone’s dream job is different. For some, it may be working with a bold leader, while want to have a hand in world-changing innovation. But Michael Forzano’s a dream job was rooted in a more the practical concern: making shopping more accessible. Forzano isn’t some shopaholic racking up credit-card debt from his couch, though. He’s a 26-year-old engineer who’s been blind since birth due to a genetic condition called Norrie disease. When it comes to buying basic necessities, Amazon has been a huge help…

Beyond Title III: Website Accessibility Lawsuits Filed Alleging Inaccessible Online Employment Applications

April 12, 2018 | Source: Seyfarth Shaw

Over the past few years, we have frequently written about the proliferation of demand letters and lawsuits alleging that a business denied a usually blind or vision-impaired individual access to its goods and services because the business’ website was not accessible, in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state laws. One firm that pursued many web accessibility actions under Title III and California’s Unruh Act (including a success in the Bags N’ Baggage case decided in plaintiff’s favor by a California state court) is now going after employers…

Blind woman helps guide successful voting-rights lawsuit against the state

April 12, 2018 | Source: NBC4i.com

A lawsuit brought by Disability Rights Ohio has succeeded in requiring Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office into providing accessible voting solutions for the blind. NBC4 spoke with the woman behind the lawsuit. Many people take voting for granted as just a simple procedure, but for those with disabilities like Shelbi Hindel, who has been blind since two, accessibility for voting has been a challenge. “I still want to vote independently and I want to be able to have an option, like others have,” Hindel said…

Jack Fact — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as of 2016, fewer than 18 percent of individuals with disabilities were employed, versus over 65 percentage of non-disabled individuals.

International News

Kazakh athletes with visual impairments to bike to Paris Source: Astana Times- Kazakhstan

Kazakh athletes with visual impairments plan to bike this year from Astana to Paris. The tour aims to highlight the problems of accessibility and popularise sports among those with disabilities. “We want to draw attention to the problems of sports accessibility for people with disabilities. Also, in our opinion, the exchange of experiences with athletes of other countries is very important for this issue; it helps to motivate our athletes to communicate more and, of course, to develop their level of preparation. This is a great way to popularise sports. We encourage people with disabilities to be active,” said organiser Bakhtiyar Bazarbekov…

Accessible travel: The best holidays, cruises and websites for disabled travelers

April 7, 2018 | Source: The Times- UK

Despite bold claims by travel companies it is a sad reality that many people in wheelchairs or with disabilities still encounter significant problems when travelling. Flying in particular can be a daunting — often troublesome — experience. Last month Frank Gardner, the BBC’s security correspondent, was stuck on board a flight arriving at Heathrow for a full 100 minutes after ground staff sent his wheelchair to the baggage reclaim half a mile away. This week, following a backlash, the government promised a review, with new measures to improve air travel for disabled passengers…

Inaccessible Louvre Exhibit Highlights Ongoing Challenges For Persons Living With Disabilities in Iran

April 7, 2018 | Source: Center for Human Rights- Iran

A popular exhibition by the Louvre Museum in Paris at the National Museum of Iran has come under criticism because it is inaccessible to people living with disabilities. From March 2018 until June, works of art from the Louvre will be displayed in Tehran to mark the 80th anniversary of the Iranian museum. “Unfortunately the National Museum of Iran, like many of our other public spaces, does not have suitable facilities for the commute of individuals with disabilities,” tweeted Mahmoud Sadeghi, a reformist member of Parliament (MP) from Tehran, on March 30, 2018…

Disabled Commonwealth Games attendees criticise accessibility

April 8, 2018 | Source: The Sydney Morning Herald- Australia

Assurances that people with a disability could access all Commonwealth Games events have already hit a hurdle with reports of people in wheelchairs being directed to car parks they can’t use. However, Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey has defended the Games, saying the incident is a blip in complex wider arrangements. South Brisbane resident Daniel Henshall arrived at the Yatala park ‘n’ ride to travel to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Mr Henshall is a tetraplegic who uses a wheelchair, but was directed by car park staff to park in a gravel area, 15 metres away from the transport buses…

Fully-automated, accessible apartment building a first for Calgary

April 8, 2018 | Source: CBC- Canada

After two years of construction, Calgary’s first fully automated assisted living apartment building is ready for residents to move in. Inclusio is located at 1129 23rd Avenue N.W. in Calgary’s Capitol Hill neighbourhood, where it overlooks Confederation Park. The building will be home to 45 low-income Calgarians with limited mobility. The smart apartments have features like lighting, blinds and doors that can be controlled with touch-screen tablets, as well as other accessible features like wide hallways, two elevators, cabinets that open with a touch and heated sidewalks outside so snow doesn’t accumulate…

New taskforce vows to tackle gig access issues for disabled fans

April 9, 2018 | Source: M Magazine- UK & Complete Music Update- UK

The move comes as the charity publishes its fourth annual State of Access Report, which finds that more than 80 percent of respondents have experienced problems when booking tickets to live music events. A similar number say they have been put off buying tickets due to non-accessible booking systems, and over 70 percent state they have felt discriminated against. Elsewhere, while 37 percent feel that access booking has improved over the past four years, one in 10 has considered taking legal action…

‘Thailand great for differently-abled’

April 10, 2018 | Source: The New Indian Express- Thailand

Travelling can be an enriching experience. While we able-bodied people look at ensuring we get the right facilities, visit the best spots and are carrying the right luggage with us when we travel, those who are differently-abled might find difficulty doing the little things while on a trip that we tend to overlook. In spite of their disabilities, these courageous people have travelled to multiple places across the globe. At a recent event called ‘Travel Tales’ in the city, City Express chatted with a few people with disabilities on the challenges and triumphs while going on holiday…

‘Disability not a taboo, talk about it’

April 10, 2018 | Source: The New Indian Express- India

After being molested three times while travelling by train, Virali Modi raised her voice and started fighting for the rights of the differently-abled people. She started the MyTrainTooCampaign last year, which has garnered 2 lakh signatures on change.org. Her movement has driven 18 stations in Kerala to be made more accessible to the differently-abled. With this, she also initiated the #RampMyRestaurant campaign. Through this campaign, she has spread awareness about the importance of having ramps at restaurants and in the washrooms. The impact of this campaign has been seen and felt at many restaurants in Mumbai…

Commonwealth Games: Unprepared fans putting pressure on accessibility services

April 10, 2018 | Source: ABC Online- Australia & The Big Smoke- Australia

The Commonwealth Games accessibility consultant has given the event high marks, but says unprepared fans are putting a strain on mobility assistance. The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games features the largest ever integrated para-sport program. Almost two-and-half years went into planning to ensure existing and newly-constructed venues were up to national accessibility standards. Olympic wheelchair basketball gold medallist and Games accessibility consultant Nick Morris helped with the plan. So far he has given the event an eight out of 10…

How accessible is London? One woman challenges politicians to find out- CBC- Canada

Londoner Alicia McGaw has a challenge to give city councillors a different perspective of the city: do all the things you normally do in a day, but do it in a wheelchair. McGaw, 36, has used a wheelchair for 16 years, since a car crash that left her paralyzed from the waist down. “I want to give city councillors a realistic view of being in a wheelchair in the City of London,” McGaw said. Though many places bill themselves as accessible, there are frustrating details that many don’t think of — but they might if they saw the world from the perspective of a person using a wheelchair…

TPL Maps Marks Wheel Chair Accessible Locations To Commemorate World Health Day

April 10, 2018 | Source: UrduPoint News- Pakistan

Pakistan’s first digital mapping solution continues to roll out innovative, user-driven capabilities on its next generation mobile app services. Recently the tech firm decided to work for the handicapped population of Pakistan by integrating wheelchair access points in its TPL Maps application to commemorate ‘World Health Day’. In its initial stage the service will be launched in the major cities of Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad while more access points in different cities will be added to the service in due time…

An accessible tourism initiative built on Blind Faith

April 11, 2018 | Source: TTG Asia- India

What was initially borne out of the need to fulfil a one-off request at Hotel Ramada Ajmer has evolved into a scalable and open-source idea that can easily and quickly make hotels more accessible to visually impaired guests. When an annual religious festival brought an influx of visually impaired guests to the town, in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan, the management of Hotel Ramada Ajmer approached Anish Varghese, national creative director of Isobar India, and Gopa Kumar, vice president of Isobar India for help…

Disability Groups Call For Accessible ICT in Public Service Workplaces

April 11, 2018 | Source: Pro Bono- Australia

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has pledged to promote and monitor accessibility guidelines, after a joint statement from 25 disability groups called for the procurement of accessible information and communications technology (ICT) in the Australian Public Service. Led by Vision Australia, the joint statement was delivered to key officials last week, signed by disability advocacy organisations including the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, National Disability Services and the Tipping Foundation…

Welsh Government announce £1.7m grant to fund new play areas in Wales

April 11, 2018 | Source: ITV News- Wales

The Welsh Government has announced a new £1.7m grant to fund new play areas across Wales. The grant will have a particular focus on increasing accessibility for disabled children. Wales was the first country in the world to legislate for play. Under The Children and Families Measure 2010, local authorities have a duty to assess for and secure sufficient play opportunities for children in their areas. The new funding will go towards a number of initiatives including play libraries which give children with disabilities access to specialist toys on loan and free swim sessions for disabled children and young people…

A series of tweets shows what a nightmare public transport is for disabled people

April 11, 2018 | Source: The Canary- UK

A disabled person has taken to Twitter to recount his ‘malicious’ experience on public transport. Sadly, for many disabled people, their experience will be all too familiar. Jamie Hale is a poet, artist, writer and activist. On Tuesday 10 April, they were attempting to get back to Lewisham from central London. But their journey was nothing short of chaos. So they took to Twitter to document it. You can see Hale’s complete Twitter thread on their experience here. But it began:…

Redcar athlete calls for more accessibility in sport

April 11, 2018 | Source: The Northern Echo- UK

A world champion athlete is calling on race organisers to make marathons more accessible for people with disabilities. As a visually impaired sportswoman, former World and European Paratriathlon Champion Charlotte Ellis has overcome many obstacles to achieve success in her field. After being denied the opportunity to partake in some sports at school, she went on to develop a love for running at university and quickly became a celebrated paratriathlete before deciding to focus her efforts on marathon running…

UGR launches new accessibility app ‘UGRQR’

April 11, 2018 | Source: Universidad de Granada- Spain

The UGRQR mobile application was presented at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting on the 6 April. This inclusive and accessible app makes it possible for those with disabilities to navigate more effectively around the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting and the School of Computer and Telecommunication Engineering, both of which have jointly coordinated the project. The app lets users find and identify the different spaces that make up these buildings, guiding them around and providing them with practical information along the way…

Students and disabled customers caught out after TTC photo ID shop unexpectedly shuttered

April 12, 2018 | Source: The Star-Canada

The TTC’s only photo ID centre has been shuttered for a month, leaving post-secondary students and customers with disabilities no way to get proper identification to ride the transit system. The Star has learned the facility at Sherbourne station has been closed since March 12 over a contract dispute with Trans ID, the company that had been providing the photo processing service. The transit agency’s six-year, $3.77-million contract with the company expired February 28…

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