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Why did only 50 voters sign up for PA’s accessible vote-by-mail system?

October 31, 2020   |  Source: PublicSource

NY Civil Liberties Union sues Rockland County to extend early voting hours

October 20, 2020   |  Source: 1010WINS

For nearly 3 million disabled Texans, voting this year is even harder

October 30, 2020   |  Source: San Antonio Current

For Detroiters With Disabilities, Polling Places Can Be Barriers

October 31, 2020   |  Source: Patch

People with disabilities can request Alternate Format Ballot to ensure privacy in mail-in voting

November 1, 2020   |  Source: KITV

How tech is slowly working to make elections more accessible

November 1, 2020   |  Source: CNET

Experts say disabled voters should plan ahead before casting their ballot in person

November 1, 2020   |  Source: KOAA News5

How Massachusetts people with disabilities can vote in 2020 thanks to technology and advocacy groups

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Enterprise News

‘We deserve to be heard’: Man on mission to make voting accessible to Americans with disabilities

November 2, 2020   |  Source: WJBF-TV

North Carolina residents with disabilities can get help voting at the polls

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Florida Officials Aim To Make Voting Easier For People With Disabilities

November 2, 2020   |  Source: NPR

How COVID-19 changed voting for people with disabilities

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Rapid Growth

Election 2020: Voting Challenges For The Disabled

November 2, 2020   |  Source: New Jersey News Network

Some voters with disabilities say they feel like ‘second class citizens’ in their struggle to cast a ballot like the able bodied

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Business Insider

Successful Results of ADA Accessibility Review for All Polling Places in Eastern District of PA

November 3, 2020   |  Source: BCTV

North Carolina residents with disabilities can get help voting at the polls

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Rock Hill Herald

Voters With Disabilities Can Change It All

November 3, 2020   |  Source: WDET

Visually impaired voters casting ballots in presidential election face formidable challenges, local nonprofit says

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Chicago Tribune

 ‘We All Have A Right To Be Engaged’: Civil Rights Attorney On Making Voting Accessible To All

November 3, 2020   |  Source: WGBH

Election Access: Making Sure Every Voter Counts

November 5, 2020   |  Source: WGBH

Pennsylvania has a new system in place to provide a more accessible vote-by-mail option for voters with visual disabilities. The technology, called OmniBallot, follows a lawsuit during the primary election and gives voters the ability to complete ballots themselves on a computer before mailing it in. Almost 270,000 voting-age Pennsylvanians are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even while wearing glasses, according to 2019 U.S. Census data. But according to the Pennsylvania Department of State [DOS], only 50 voters with disabilities had requested the use of OmniBallot as of Oct. 27…

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Microsoft’s Xbox Website Allegedly Violates ADA

October 30, 2020   |  Source: Law Street Media

On Thursday in the Southern District of New York, Microsoft was sued in a putative class-action complaint by the plaintiff, “a visually-impaired and legally blind person who requires screen-reading software to read website content using his computer,” who alleged that Microsoft failed to have an accessible website for its Xbox under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Specifically, the plaintiff brought this suit for Microsoft’s purported “failure to design, construct, maintain, and operate its website to be fully accessible to and independently usable by Plaintiff and other blind or visually-impaired people.”…

How masks have become a communication barrier for the deaf community

October 30, 2020   |  Source: CBS42

Lip reading has become a helpful tool for the deaf community. So, when it was time to put on the masks, members of the deaf community like Paul Saunders felt they’ve lost connection with others. “I can’t hear them,” Paul Saunders, a member of the deaf community said. “I can’t see what they’re saying, so I don’t really know what to say.” Saunders is the principal at the Alabama School for the Deaf. He himself was born deaf. “Normally if we did not have masks in the past, I can catch some of what they’re saying on their lips,” Saunders said….

Planning, Zoning & other Land-Use Policy Best Practices to Erase Errors of the Past that Perpetuated Bias and Deepened Inequality

October 30, 2020   |  Source: On Common Ground

Five Ways to Plan for More Accessible Housing

November 2, 2020   |  Source: American Planning Association- Steven Wright

In a nation based on a constitution that guarantees equality for all, decades of planning and land-use policy has created inequity. Everything from single-family zoning with large minimum lot sizes that made homeownership impossible for many people of color, to shameful, insidious practices such as redlining lending in predominantly African American communities, has widened the chasm between haves and have nots. Even the automobile — that great tool for middle-class community work, expanding suburban homebuilding and vastly growing tourism — was weaponized against minority communities…

 

“Deaf U” Explores The Realities Of Deaf Culture And College Life

November 1, 2020   |  Source: The Greyhound

“Deaf U,” a new Netflix documentary, follows the students of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. Unlike other universities, Gallaudet is set up to accommodate students who are either deaf or hard of hearing. On their website, Gallaudet notes how they are “the only university where students live and learn in American Sign Language (ASL) and English.” At Gallaudet, students have all of the opportunities that a typical university offers, such as honors programs and study abroad, with the support of a community that understands deaf culture…

How accessible is pandemic-era digital theater for artists with disabilities?

November 2, 2020   |  Source: SF Chronicle Datebook

As I prepared to listen to the first episode of Aurora Theatre Company’s audio drama “The Flats,” I turned off my lights, hid my laptop’s screen and began letting fade away all the visual data my eyes were feeding my brain. Then I thought, “This is comforting and relatively novel for me, a sighted person. But what’s it like for a blind or low-vision audience member?” As the pandemic has prompted much theater to go digital, my own very unscientific survey suggests an attempt to make shows more accessible to audiences with disabilities — and not just mobility disabilities…

A New Rule Means Some People With Wheelchairs Can’t Fly On American Airlines

November 2, 2020   |  Source: NPR

John Morris calls himself an “aviation geek.” He’s a frequent flyer who, in his power wheelchair, has traveled to 46 countries. His goal is to visit every country. “I love air travel,” he says. From takeoff and to the way the engines cut off right before touchdown, “that joy that I get from that is just so incredible.” After a car crash in 2012 that resulted in a triple amputation, Morris kept flying. He also started a website called Wheelchair Travel and hosts a travel podcast. Now a new policy from one airline could limit the ability of some people such as Morris to fly…

How Children’s Media Network Moonbug Delivers Developmentally Appropriate, Accessible Content To All Children, All Over The World

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Forbes

Although PBS may be synonymous with children’s programming, the addressable audience is not theirs alone. There are other players that fill the space as well—not so much to compete in the Business 101 sense, but to enrich and diversify options for children’s entertainment. This includes providing shows catering to children with disabilities. Moonbug is one such player. The London-based network was founded in 2018 by René Rechtman and John Robson, and focuses on digital content for children aged 8 and younger…

Special education teacher explains why she wants to be called ‘accessibility specialist’

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Good Morning America

One teacher has decided to change her title and has a powerful message to go along with the switch. McAlister Greiner Huynh is a teacher in Raleigh, North Carolina. “I teach a self-contained adapted curriculum elementary classroom, serving disabled students K-5,” she told “Good Morning America.” “I am passionate about radical acceptance and disability pride.” In a recent Instagram post, Huynh announced that instead of “special education” teacher, she will call herself an “accessibility specialist.”…

Furthering the Promise: Equal Access to Childcare- United States V. Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.

November 2, 2020   |  Source: U.S. Department of Justice

Despite being thirty years after the enactment of the ADA, many children with disabilities and their families continue to face discrimination in child-care programs. This discrimination includes outright intentional exclusion, architectural and communication barriers, failure to make modifications to existing practices, and exclusionary qualification standards and criteria. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Offices are committed to ensuring that children with disabilities and their families enjoy equal access to child-care programs, free from all forms of disability discrimination…

Why emerging tech supports an accessible, inclusive future workplace

November 4, 2020   |  Source: HR Dive

Emerging technologies — augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) — will play a crucial role in creating an accessible future of work for individuals with disabilities, according to experts. Remote work environments amid the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of workplace technology trends. “What should have happened in five years, happened in a couple of months,” Cathy Hackl, a futurist and author of “The Augmented Workforce,” said during a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) webinar Oct. 20…

People with Developmental Disabilities Were Promised Help. Instead, They Face Delays and Denials.

November 5, 2020   |  Source: ProPublica

Kyra Wade’s favorite color is pink. The 11-year-old likes road trips and the movie “Monsters, Inc.” She loves to watch people laugh. Her culinary preferences run to noodles and rice. Beyond that, her parents don’t know much about her needs and wants. Kyra is autistic and profoundly deaf. She was born premature at about 27 weeks, just a little over 2 pounds, which has impacted pretty much everything: eyesight, hearing, digestion, sleep patterns. A strong tremor in her hand makes it impossible for her to use American Sign Language. Her parents think she recognizes a couple dozen signs…

How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Star Tribune & Yahoo (Video)

Two Blind Brothers for a cause, Brothers Bradford and Bryan Manning joined forces in 2016 to raise money to help find a cure for blindness and eye disease through their clothing brand, Two Blind Brothers…

Meet the deaf and blind chef who just landed his dream job at a Marine base

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Task & Purpose

Every day in the mess hall kitchen at San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot, a culinary team of nearly 30 cooks turns out more than 9,000 meals, making it the Corps’ highest-volume mess hall in the nation. Working in that high-pressure kitchen requires training, discipline, flexibility and an exceptional work ethic — which are skills that have made newcomer Kevin Tong a standout since he joined the galley crew last week. But there’s something else that makes the 39-year-old San Diegan unique among his fellow cooks at MCRD. He is deaf and blind…

How All That Screen Time Actually Affects Your Eyes

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Elemental

The second I woke up this morning, I picked up my phone and checked my email before catching up on Instagram and Twitter. I spent the next eight or so hours switching between browser tabs for Gmail, Zoom, and Google Docs to work. Any time I took a break, I was back scrolling through social media or reading a few chapters of an e-book on my iPad. When I wrapped up work, I did an hour-long workout using the Nike Training Club app on my phone. Before bed, I watched two episodes of Schitt’s Creek…

3 Ways Elevating the Narrative on Disabilities Leads to Business Success

November 5, 2020   |  Source: The Stamford Advocate

In a recent column, I introduced Ric Nelson, a 37-year-old disability advocate in Anchorage, Alaska. Nelson has cerebral palsy and requires full-time assistance to manage his physical needs. Despite his challenges, he’s dedicated his career to advancing programs and understanding of the disabled in Alaska (which ranks third in the U.S. for the strength of its programs) and throughout the U.S. After graduating in the top 10 percent of his high school class, Nelson secured associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in Small Business Management and Business Administration on scholarship, followed by a master’s degree in Public Administration…

How to Avoid Just ‘Checking the Box’ on Disability Inclusivity in the Workplace

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Ad Week

In last month’s Disability Inclusion Summit, part of Adweek’s ongoing DEI event series, eight leaders in the marketing and advertising industry brought their unique experiences and perspectives forward to discuss the biggest opportunities for advancement for the disability community. We teamed back up with our amazing panelists to cover some outstanding but crucial questions from the audience. Ranging from questions in hiring and recruiting best practices to creating a more inclusive workplace, read on to see what these experts had to say about how to best address the gaps within the disability community in the advertising world…

COVID-19 amplifies challenges for those with disabilities, chronic illnesses

November 5, 2020   |  Source: The Cavalier Daily

One in four American adults has a disability, according to the CDC. Given the prevalence of disability and chronic illness in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has magnified the inequalities in accessibility that persist in U.S. society. These disparities are reflected in a higher coronavirus mortality rate for those with disabilities, but also in the everyday barriers that those with disabilities experience, such as difficulties with lip-reading because of mask-wearing and remote therapy services…

“I thought Arizona was rated high for disability services, but that is wrong.”

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Tucson

Tyler Stumpf is 31 years old. Tyler and his mom moved to Arizona from Iowa last year. His mom’s name is Melody Linderwell. Tyler wants to work with animals. He is a janitor. His mom helped him find his job. They were not able to find him a job working with animals. Tyler has Prader-Willi syndrome. He was born with it. It changes the way he thinks and how his muscles work. People with Prader-Willi can’t always tell when they’ve had enough food to eat. Other people can help them not eat too much…

Jack Fact — The US National Institutes of Health, estimates that one in eight Americans aged 12 years and older has hearing loss in both ears. Twenty-five per cent of adults aged between 65 and 75, and half of those aged 75 and older, experience disabling hearing loss. According to NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 28.8 million US adults could benefit from using hearing aids.

Hit The Road Jack — Fife’s accessible tourism for disabled visitors

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Researchers use new techniques to make films more accessible to visually impaired audiences

October 30, 2020   |  Source: Medical Express- UK

Researchers have used new techniques to make films more accessible to visually impaired audiences. The project, led by the University of York and Anglia Ruskin University, used enhanced sound techniques, first person narration and spatial audio, to produce an alternative to traditional audio description (AD), which relies on third-person narration. Rather than being an after-thought, developing AD should be integrated into the film-making process to ensure that it is aligned with the artistic vision of filmmakers and improve the cinematic experiences of visually impaired audiences, the researchers suggest…

Delta approves Mobility and Accessibility Committee

October 30, 2020   |  Source: Delta-Optimist- Canada

City council this week approved creating a new Mobility and Accessibility Committee. The committee’s structure will give people with disabilities in Delta the opportunity to provide direct input on new and existing city infrastructure and programs to support mobility and accessibility. A staff report notes that for proposed city capital infrastructure projects, the input could be provided prior to the final design and construction phase and, where appropriate, before council considers the project…

Food packaging — why is it so important?

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Hospital Healthcare- Australia

Food packaging can be a barrier to quality nutrition. If a consumer at home, hospital patient, or a resident within an aged care facility can’t open the food packaging, then they can’t eat the food; it’s as simple as that. Research conducted in NSW Hospitals showed that over 80% of elderly patients experienced difficulties or were unable to open one or more food packaging items1. These difficulties can include requiring a utensil to open packaging with consequent spillage and mess, not to mention the increased risk of hand injuries…

Making the Acropolis accessible

November 2, 2020   |  Source: Greek City Times- Greece & Greek Reporter & Ancient Origins

Work is underway to create a path for wheelchair users, elderly citizens and others with mobility problems to see the Acropolis in Athens up close. The project is funded by the Onassis Foundation, which also donated the improved  Acropolis illuminations. However, the cement on the archaeological site, stirred reactions on social media. In response, the Ministry of Culture and Sports stated “improving the attendance of monuments at the Holy Rock of the Acropolis is a priority for the Ministry of Culture and Sports…

#AccessibilityChampion – Disabled in a road accident, George Thomas now helps fellow accident survivors

November 1, 2020   |  Source: Newz Hook- India

Trivandrum based George K Thomas became a wheelchair user after he met with a road accident in his 20s. That incident has made him a passionate advocate for road safety and accessibility of public places. It’s called Freedom on Wheels and the name aptly sums up George K Thomas’ mission in life. That is to make all of India accessible for wheelchair users. In 2005 George, then 23 years old, was disabled in a road accident. His bike collided with an auto and his spinal cord was severely damaged. He became a wheelchair user. He realised the challenges people with disabilities face when it comes to accessing public places…

As deadline looms, expert says businesses are ‘just starting’ to take digital accessibility more seriously

November 2, 2020   |  Source: ITBusiness- Canada

Canadian businesses face a January 1, 2021 deadline to make all internet websites and web content more accessible, and experts are urging Canadian businesses to take a hard look at their web presence and take the deadline seriously. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requires organizations with 20 or more employees to file a compliance audit* before this deadline. AODA will require Canadian businesses in Ontario to meet web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Level AA other than criteria 1.2.4 (live captions) and 1.2.5 (pre-recorded audio descriptions)…

New funding for accessibility as government reports progress for disabled people across transport network

November 3, 2020   |  Source: GOV.UK

Innovative ideas to improve travel for disabled passengers could be made a reality thanks to government funding announced today (3 November 2020). The Department for Transport (DfT) is marking Purple Tuesday by launching the first-of-its-kind Accessible Technology Research and Innovation Grant (A-TRIG), which will invest up to £500,000 in projects that can improve access to services or inspire more confidence to travel. These projects could provide a range of practical solutions that remove physical barriers, make it easier to access information, automate processes or see better support for travellers…

Purple Tuesday call for retailers to act to make it easier for disabled people to buy online

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Internet Retailing- UK

Shopping has become harder for disabled people both online and in-store during the Covid-19 pandemic, new research has found. Now retailers are now being urged to act in order to make websites and apps easier to use by people who are often looking to buy the essentials. Purple, the organisation behind today’s Purple Tuesday event highlighting the importance of accessibility for disabled shoppers both online and in-store, is asking retailers to make simple changes to improve access to the goods and services they sell…

Making the Europeana collections website accessible to all

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Europeana Pro- Europe

When we started working on the new Europeana collections website in 2019, we discussed web accessibility as an important criterion. All European public sector websites should be accessible according to the European Web Accessibility Directive. Web accessibility means that websites, tools and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. Or, in other words: people can perceive, understand, navigate and interact with the web. And in addition, they can also contribute to the web (see Introduction to Web Accessibility, W3C)…

When spaces are made accessible for disabled people, everyone benefits

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Metro- UK

I have a confession: I seem to have fallen out of love with London, something I never thought would (or even could) happen.  Having moved to the Big Smoke almost nine years ago to follow my dreams and live independently, I imagined spending the rest of my adult life here, but that vision doesn’t seem so clear nowadays.  Don’t get me wrong, I still get a flutter in my belly when I drive past Big Ben, or have the honour of being invited to the Houses of Parliament (which totally looks like Hogwarts inside by the way) and I’m often astounded by how much London has to offer 24/7…

Making the built environment accessible for all

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Planning, BIM & Construction Today- UK

It looks at requirements covering access in the Building Regulations, as well as where the law stands on accessibility, which includes the Equality Act in England, Scotland and Wales, and the Disability Discrimination Act in Northern Ireland. About Access offers guidance on the relevant provisions of the legislation, which applies to businesses, clubs, associations and public, voluntary and community sector organisations. Breaching the law can be costly, not only in terms of fines levied, lost business and expensive building adjustments but also in damage to a hard-earned reputation…

Deafness in infancy can affect non-verbal communication, suggests new research

November 3, 2020   |  Source: Medical Xpress- England

Psychologists at the University of Sheffield have found that deafness in infancy affects the development of their early communication skills, including non-verbal behaviors like pointing. Researchers found that deaf infants born into hearing families tended to engage less often in communicative behaviors that predict language development compared to their typically-hearing peers. They studied the infants’ use of five types of infant communication known to positively predict language development: show gestures, give gestures, index-finger pointing, communicative vocalization and word use…

Disabled People Condemn ‘Witches’ For Depicting Limb Differences As ‘Scary’

November 4, 2020   |  Source: Huff Post- UK

Robert Zemeckis’s new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 children’s novel The Witches has been earning mixed reviews since its Oct. 22 premiere on HBO Max. Among the disability community, though, the movie has been widely panned. Organizations like the U.K.’s Reach Charity and the Paralympic Games have taken the film to task for depicting Anne Hathaway’s Grand High Witch as having distinctly different hands from what Dahl described on the page…

IPC provides global reference on accessibility for Olympic and Paralympic organisers

November 4, 2020   |  Source: International Paralympic Committee- Japan

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published its Accessibility Guide to support the staging of Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as other events to promote inclusion.  This Guide is available on the IPC’s website, and is designed to assist Organising Committees (OCOG) and host city authorities in the successful planning and delivery of the Games. Inside the publication are a combination of supporting information, guidelines, recommendations, construction building codes and previous Games examples to help OCOGs and their partners deliver an inclusive sporting event…

The Disordered Eye review – do you need good eyesight to make great art?

November 4, 2020   |  Source: The Guardian- UK

Even with the unavoidable flattening effect caused by seeing it through a television screen, Keith Salmon’s painting, Sunlight and Stones, Beinn a’Ghlo, strikes immediately at your eye and heart. It looks like the eternal essence of the thing – sunlight on stones, as it was, is now and shall be ever more. Moving through his other landscape paintings of the Scottish Highlands, it is as if you are moving through the hills and forests – not because they are hyper-realistic, but precisely because they are not. They capture the ineffable qualities of the place so beautifully, it is as if they wrap themselves around you and take you there…

Kerala Social Justice Department launches accessibility probe after disabled Ph.D. student’s complaint

November 5, 2020   |  Source: NewzHook- India

Following Meera Menon’s persisted letters of complaint highlighting the lack of accessible toilets at her exam centre in IGNOU Kochi, the Kerala Social Justice Department has sought a report on the accessibility of disabled-friendly toilets at the centre. Weeks after she wrote several letters of complaint to senior state-level authorities, Meera U Menon has been heard. Meera, a disabled student pursuing a Ph.D. had to sit for a three-hour exam soaked in her urine as there was no accessible toilet at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)’s Kochi Regional Centre…

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Disability News Service- England

The government has treated disabled people who are at particular risk from coronavirus as an afterthought as the country heads into lockdown, just as it did in the early weeks of the pandemic, say campaigners. Disabled campaigners spoke out yesterday as new government guidance for those seen as clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to the virus was rushed out less than 24 hours before a new England-wide lockdown that began today (Thursday)…

How to remedy an unknown health condition that causes patients nausea, headaches and eye pain

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Lifesly- Australia

An ophthalmologist has revealed the simple solution to a debilitating condition that affects about five percent of Australians. Pattern blinding is a neurological condition where people feel uncomfortable looking at certain patterns or designs. Symptoms of pattern blindness are headache, eye pain, photosensitivity and nausea is caused when the patterns ‘over-stimulate’ the visual cortex of the brain – where people process visual information. The president of Optometry Australia, Darrell Baker, said the condition is not widely known in society except among those who suffer from it…

Accessible banking features in 2020

November 5, 2020   |  Source: Mozo- Australia

When talking about accessibility, our minds often turn to the physical world first –  railings, ramps or signage, for example. Indeed, in the banking world, these more tangible features are present and often advertised the most when financial institutions promote themselves as ‘inclusive’ organisations. Accessibility in banking includes things like: having automated doors, ramp access and adequate space to use a wheelchair in bank branches, in-branch and ATM braille signage, audio-enable ATMs, banks cards with physical indicators, and larger font and high visibility…

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